It’s possible this movie could be censored and banned.
Disney has banned their own old movie “Song of the South”, due to political correctness. Uncle Remus was too deferential, and the slaves depicted in the movie were not depicted in a politically correct manner.
Disney has as much as admitted that they have banned their own movie due to not meeting today’s sensibility standards.
Try to find Song of the South online or in any video retailer. You can’t buy it. You can’t even buy it at Disney theme parks, though you can buy all sorts of other Disney movies and videos.
I saw scenes from it at a theatrical club once. It looked beautiful beyond belief. It was shown as if it was a snuff film.
Of course, people have to bootleg Amos & Andy as well - which was a brilliant comedy show that deserves a release. But as long as African-Americans behave like humorless thugs, we’ll have to put up with this stuff. What bores they’ve become!
I do remember Song of the South being on TV years ago. Of course I saw it in the theater when I was a kid but remember it well. A combination of cartoon and live actors. It did have slaves singing and dancing and we know they never did any of that in the old South.
Bought a copy overseas on the internet and wouldn't trade it for anything. A wonderful, sensitive film about the South with songs that stick in your mind forever.
Maybe Freepers can also get one overseas like I did.
I got a bootleg copy of Song of the South from an online source. (British or French version of it?) It also included an un-PC short that was actually made by Warner Bros, Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs.
I have a book called Jim Korkis that mentions the SOTS controversy among other “Disney Secrets” (Who’s Afraid of the Song of the South?) The foreward is written by Disney black animator Floyd Norman (who has spoken at a cartoon convention I go to) who doesn’t agree with all the fuss.
And of course Saturday Night Live’s cartoon feature, Sat Funhouse, did a “Disney’s Vault” bit that poked fun at the
conception that Walt was racist. It has Uncle Remus singing, “Zip a Dee Doo Dah, zip a dee ay. Negroes are inferior in every way.” It was making fun of the controversy (”Family Guy” also poked fun at the rumors of Walt being anti-Semitic in the “Road to the Multiverse” episode where Brian and Stewie land in a world where “everything is drawn by Disney”).
Try finding the book “Little Black Sambo.” Same thing, very difficult to find, but as it cannot be controlled like film masters, they may be located.
Offensive or not, these things are actually historical documents. People think by banning offensive material they remove the offense. Not true. Will it be a better world if people grow up believing there was never anything offensive? SHould we get rid of all copies of “Mein Kampf”? What about those Shirley Temple movies where she dances with the happy slaves (LIttle Colonel?)? Should all Step n’ Fetch it films be sequestered?
Bad idea.
I rememebr seeing “Song of the South” as a child. Yes, there are some objectionable things in the film, but it is also a document of traditional Black folk tales. Should those be lost?
The actor that played the part of the runaway child is my cousin. You are correct. Can’t find the movie anymore but surprisingly they used the “Song of the South” for a ride at their parks. One of the most popular rides too.
And have you read where Disney is “editing” The Jungle Book?
Something about King Louie I believe. Not PC.
this is in the usa. I understand it is available overseas. (mickey does not leave any money on the table)
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alamodvd.com, classicreels.com, vintagesouthern.net, just to start the list of online U.S. retailers of Song of the South on DVD.
It’s surprisingly available in the South.
It looks like you can find it on Pirate Bay, if you’re so inclined. I might download the movie and watch it just to spit in their PC faces.
I bought it just a few years ago on DVD.
Watch it on you tube