Don’t expect “Nobody Knows How To Talk To Children” to be the next hit documentary in movie theaters. The White Stripes don’t want you to see it.
Jack and Meg White have sent 26-year-old filmmaker George Roca a cease-and-desist order in hopes of blocking his documentary, which was filmed during a 2002 Stripes concert in New York, billboard.com reports.
In a statement on their Web site, the rock duo say they gave Roca permission to film the show but weren’t happy with the finished product and didn’t want him to screen the movie. But Roca, who entered it in eight film festivals, gave permission to the Seattle International Film Festival to show it anyway.
The Stripes said Roca signed a contract giving them ownership of the movie. Roca told mtv.com he was presented with the contract in the middle of filming and signed it without reading it. He claims he has spent $50,000 on the movie only to be cut off from the band at the last minute.
Clearly, neither side is happy.
“I feel so betrayed by this band and so screwed over,” Roca said. “They turned famous and just forgot about us.”
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Edited by RedEye staff (ritaredeye@tribune.com)
