Fox News has rejected an ad for an Oscar-nominated short documentary about a 1939 pro-Nazi rally held at Madison Square Garden in New York that warns “it can happen here.”
Filmmaker Marshall Curry told IndieWire that this 30-second spot for “A Night At The Garden” was nixed by the network after an attempt to purchase ad time for it during “Hannity” this week:
When it was preempted by President Donald Trump’s rally speech in El Paso, Texas, the film’s distributor, Field of Vision, tried to make a network-wide purchase instead.
That got rejected by Fox News.
“The ad in question is full of disgraceful Nazi imagery regardless of the film’s message and did not meet our guidelines.” Marianne Gambelli, president of ad sales for Fox News, said in a statement.
It’s not clear if Curry tried to place the ad with any other network, and the filmmaker hasn’t replied to a request for comment.
However, in a statement to IndieWire last week, he indicated his goal was to air it during “Hannity” for a specific reason:
“I hope that by showing the ‘Hannity’ audience how manipulative leaders in the past have attacked the press, scapegoated minorities, made light of violence against protesters, and wrapped hateful ideologies in the symbols of American patriotism, they might become more vigilant when they see leaders do those things today.”
The film’s backers at Field of Vision also said “Hannity” was a specific choice.
“We’re very aware that the film audience can often lean to the left,” Charlotte Cook, one of the co-founders, told The Washington Post. “And we want to make sure this film doesn’t go to the echo chamber — to use this moment of the [Oscar] nomination to jump the barrier to people with different beliefs.”
The Hollywood Reporter said the ad will air in a local break during “Hannity” on Thursday in Los Angeles on time not controlled by the network. The website said there are also plans to purchase ad time on other cable news networks.
Members and supporters of the ultra-nationalist Golden Dawn party chant the national anthem in front of the Greek parliament in central Athens on May 29, 2013, during a rally marking the anniversary of the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire in 1453. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)
Racist violence victim Omar, 28, from Guinea, hides his face as he talks to AFP in Athens on June 19, 2013. (ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images)
Members of the Pakistani community in Athens gather on January 19, 2013 around the coffin of a 27 years old Pakistani migrant victim of what appears to be a racism-fuelled crime. (ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images)
AEK Athens midfielder Giorgos Katidis raises his hand in a Nazi style salute as he celebrates scoring the winner in a Greek league gaame against Veria in Athens' Olympic Stadium, Saturday, March 16, 2013. (AP Photo/INTIME)
Immigrants hold placards in Athens on December 15, 2012 during a European march for democracy against racism, antisemitism and neo-Nazism. (LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP/Getty Images)
Members and supporters of the extreme right party Golden Dawn march in central Athens on Wednesday May 29, 2013, during a rally marking the anniversary of the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire in 1453. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)
Athens mayor Giorgos Kaminis leaves on May 2, 2013 in Athens, after riot police had to use tear gas to disperse around 100 supporters of Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn gathered in Syntagma square, below the parliament, for a food distrubition addressed strictly to Greeks. (ANGELOS TZORTZINIS/AFP/Getty Images)
Members and supporters of the extreme right party Golden Dawn march in front of the Greek Parliament in central Athens on Wednesday May 29, 2013, during a rally marking the anniversary of the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire in 1453. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)
Members of the ultra nationalist party Golden Dawn chant the Greek national anthem outside the German embassy in Athens on March 22, 2013. (ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images)
Members and supporters of the extreme right party Golden Dawn march in central Athens on Wednesday May 29, 2013, during a rally marking the anniversary of the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire in 1453. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)
Ilias Panagiotaros, member of the Parliament of the extreme right party Golden Dawn gives orders to supporters in central Athens on Wednesday May 29, 2013, during a rally marking the anniversary of the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire in 1453. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)
Panagiotis Iliopoulos, a deputy for the far-right Golden Dawn party, centre top, gestures as he shouts insults at other lawmakers with his colleague in the same party at the Greek Parliament in Athens, Friday, May 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Fosphotos, Panayiotis Tzamaros)
Supporters of the far-right party Golden Dawn sing the national anthem as they hold up flares and a sign which reads in Greek ''No to the anti-Greek policy of Germany'' during a protest outside the Germany embassy in Athens on Friday, March 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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