The Independent Film Channel will launch a new video-on-demand service featuring programming deemed too controversial to air on television. Scheduled to debut in September, Uncensored on Demand will make available a wide range of taboo films and documentaries, from the sexually frank Swedish import I Am Curious -- Yellow, which was seized by U.S. Customs in 1968, to Damned in the USA, a British examination of explicit artwork that was nearly blocked from Stateside theatrical distribution. For IFC, Uncensored opens a new front in its pursuit of independent, provocative programming. "We see it as a logical extension of IFC's mission and the perfect new product for the VOD space because its content is only appropriate for VOD," said Kathleen Dore, president of IFC Cos. "Frankly, these works have nowhere else to go." In addition, IFC will produce two- to three-minute programs that will precede each Uncensored offering that explain why it was once literally or figuratively banned.
- 5/12/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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