An indie film set to premiere at this week's Sundance Film Festival has been pulled from the lineup by its financier, Variety has learned exclusively. The backer says the movie's director made a secret new cut of the film,

In a legal letter, the now-defunct studio Participant accused Joseph of making a new cut of the film different from the final cut he initially delivered.

EXCLUSIVE: After defunct socially conscious Participant pulled Kahlil Joseph’s experimental movie BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions from the Sundance Film Festival, the filmmaker has weighed in over the “unexpectedly harsh letter” he received from the pic financier’s lawyers.