The Chinese distributor, the Beijing Film Studio, also refused to say anything.
Although Gaines relented and accepted the code, distributors refused to pass his titles along to newsstands.
Some works are even rejected if the distributor refuses the cut.
Canadian distributors refused to sell the papers or removed the front sections, The Associated Press reported.
The rise of YouTube meant distributors refused to buy short films anymore; instead they made Credo.
The distributor, Alliance Film Program, apparently found the film inferior and refused to buy it.
The magazine struggled for the first year, partly because many distributors and wholesalers refused to handle it as its nude photos became increasingly graphic.
Since the film was in black and white, regional distributors in Italy refused to release the film.
According to Murray, when he finished the film, several distributors refused to air it.
Our distributor refused to handle them.