{"id":860957,"date":"2025-07-08T13:11:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T18:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/08\/cult-streaming-platform-minute-shorts-locks-in-flight-distribution-deal-with-american-airlines\/"},"modified":"2025-07-08T13:11:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T18:11:49","slug":"cult-streaming-platform-minute-shorts-locks-in-flight-distribution-deal-with-american-airlines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/08\/cult-streaming-platform-minute-shorts-locks-in-flight-distribution-deal-with-american-airlines\/","title":{"rendered":"Cult Streaming Platform Minute Shorts Locks In-Flight Distribution Deal With American Airlines\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t<strong>EXCLUSIVE: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/minute-shorts\/\" id=\"auto-tag_minute-shorts\" data-tag=\"minute-shorts\">Minute Shorts<\/a>, the cult short film streaming platform created by Janvier Wete and Regys Badi, has inked a partnership with American Airlines and will begin distributing its short films on the airline\u2019s in-flight entertainment systems.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\tFilms that will be available in-flight as part of the deal include <em>Tribal Mark<\/em>, the narrative short from veteran musician and artist Skepta. The film follows Mark, a Nigerian teen adapting to London life, who stumbles upon the underground Black Secret Service. Skepta portrays the seasoned Mark with his <em>Tribal Mark<\/em> alter ego.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe Virgil Abloh-produced short <em>Sub Eleven Seconds<\/em>, a documentary piece about sprinting phenom Sha\u2019Carri Richardson, will also land on American Airlines via Minute Shorts alongside Scott Perry\u2019s <em>Omar Apollo \u2014\u00a0Years To Come<\/em>, a portrait of the musician and actor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div data-pmc-adm-ad-id=\"1234771711\">\n<h3>\n\t\t\tWatch on Deadline\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\tThe selection of Minute Shorts titles on American Airlines will be refreshed every quarter. The streamer has said it plans to release titles from its existing catalogue as well as newly released and previously unreleased works.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tLaunched in 2019 in London, Minute Shorts has grown to become a cult favorite for young cinephiles. The streamer now also regularly hosts screening events in London as well as New York, and Accra. Last month, Letitia Wright curated an evening of short screenings with the company in London. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cWe aim to bring commercial value to the short film space, enabling filmmakers and producers to monetise their work,\u201d the company states in its mission statement. \u201cAt its core, Minute Shorts is about building a vibrant, diverse community through a carefully curated selection of short films on our video platform and through physical screening events.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/07\/minute-shorts-distribution-deal-american-airlines-1236451783\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Zac Ntim<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EXCLUSIVE: Minute Shorts, the cult short film streaming platform created by Janvier Wete and Regys Badi, has inked a partnership with American Airlines and will begin distributing its short films on the airline\u2019s in-flight entertainment systems.\u00a0 Films that will be available in-flight as part of the deal include Tribal Mark, the narrative short from veteran<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":860958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1798,23466,500],"tags":[5872,7112],"class_list":{"0":"post-860957","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-platform","9":"category-streaming","10":"tag-platform","11":"tag-streaming"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=860957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/860958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=860957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=860957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=860957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}