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Ministry Blocking Comprehensive Documentary

11:11 a.m. · April 21, 2011 · by Andrew Winistorfer

Back in August, we brought you the crazy looking previews of Fix, a documentary about industrial heroes Ministry. Today comes news that Ministry frontman Al Jourgensen is holding up the release of the doc, citing among other things, that he is owed thousands of dollars for the doc, and that he hasn't been given approval of the final cut:

"The bottom line is this," Jourgensen said Tuesday, speaking by phone from his home in El Paso. "It boils down to breach of contract in a lot of different ways. I'm sole registered owner of the trademark Ministry, the name Ministry, the brand Ministry, everything Ministry. In any contract signed throughout the history of the filming of this, it was understood and in writing and approved and signed by everyone that I would have final cut approval of this film being shown anywhere, let alone being released. I never got that."

Unlike the Tribe Called Quest doc controversy, Jourgensen apparently has no problem with the bad stuff that is in the doc, he's mostly just mad about the money part. 

"I don't really care about the content of what's in the film," said Jourgensen, who recently completed a rehabilitation program for alcohol abuse. "To me, the whole film is a Polaroid snapshot of a period of my life that I'm not particularly happy with... It's like watching a slow train wreck for me, or a reality show, but that's fine because I'm a whole different person now. I have no problems with that film ever being released, if it's done properly and I'm paid for it. It's not like I'm doing this because I'm ashamed, or anything like that."

Jourgensen is suing the production, and is pretty sure that they can't afford to pay him. So for now, the film is in limbo. For a longer break down, go to LA Times.