Melania Movie Pulled From South Africa Due to … Racism? |
The Melania Trump movie is set to play in 3,300 theaters worldwide starting on Friday. But none of those screens are in South Africa, as the documentary was pulled from the entire nation yesterday.
Filmfinity, Melania’s South African distributor, said on Wednesday it would no longer release it. The only reason given was “recent developments,” as the New York Times reported:
“Based on recent developments, we’ve taken the decision to not go ahead with a theatrical release in territory,” said Thobashan Govindarajulu, the head of sales and marketing for the distributor, Filmfinity.
Mr. Govindarajulu declined to say what recent developments had led to the decision, but said........