Will Disney's 'South' Rise Again?; 61 Years After Its Release, Fans of 'Song of the South' Hope for a DVD

From: The Washington Post | Date: March 28, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

Walt Disney Co.'s 1946 film "Song of the South" was historic. It was Disney's first big live-action picture, and it produced one of the company's most famous songs, the Oscar-winning "Zip-a-Dee-Doo- Dah." It also provided the inspiration for the Splash Mountain rides at Disney's theme parks.

But the movie remains hidden in the Disney archives -- never released on home video in the United States and criticized as racist for its depiction of Southern plantation blacks. The film's 60th anniversary passed last year without a whisper of official rerelease, which is unusual for Disney, but CEO ...

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