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\n Eddie Huang.
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Streaming service and film distributor Mubi denies shelving Eddie Huang\u2019s documentary Vice Is Broke because of the filmmaker\u2019s protests against Mubi\u2019s investment deal with a venture-capital firm that has ties to an Israeli military-tech company. \u201cI did not make Vice Is Broke to help fund genocide. Im not participating in @mubi publicity for our film until there is change on this issue,\u201d Huang wrote in a July 30 Instagram post<\/a> that encouraged others to also boycott Mubi until action is taken. \u201cI would love to promote the film and have as many people watch but there are more impprtant [sic] things. Id rather be financially destitute than morally broke.\u201d The next day, Huang suggested that the company was trying to make \u201can example\u201d of him, claiming in a video<\/a> that Mubi president Jason Ropell had since informed him over the phone that Mubi was ceasing all promotion of his film and that no one would see it unless he and the producers bought it back. Mubi countered in a statement to Deadline<\/a> that it is \u201cin constructive discussions with the filmmaker and producers about the film\u2019s release on Mubi, and will share further updates as those conversations progress.\u201d Vice Is Broke was originally scheduled for release on August 29.<\/p>\n This situation with Mubi has been giving Huang d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu. Vice Is Broke tracks the rise and eventual bankruptcy of Vice Media, which included the lifestyle channel Viceland (home to Huang\u2019s 2016 series, Huang\u2019s World). \u201cPrivate equity also swallowed up Vice, where I used to work with a lot of great people doing a lot of great work,\u201d Huang said in his July 31 video. \u201cAnd we made this documentary as a cautionary tale so that people knew not to go down that hill again. It just doesn\u2019t make sense to me why a company would buy a film with a message like this and then do the opposite.\u201d<\/p>\n Mubi has faced backlash since accepting a $100 million investment from Sequoia Capital, which also invests in military-tech start-up Kela. Founded by Israeli intelligence-unit veterans in response to the October 7 attacks, Kela is working to integrate AI and commercial tech into a battlefield operating system. \u201cOver the last several days, some members of our community have commented on the decision to work with Sequoia given their investment in Israeli companies and the personal opinions expressed by one of their partners,\u201d Mubi acknowledged in a June 14 statement<\/a>. \u201cThe beliefs of individual investors do not reflect the views of MUBI. We take the feedback from our community very seriously, and are steadfast in remaining an independent founder-led company.\u201d<\/p>\n Related<\/p>\n