Disney Plus Song Of The South

Song of the south is a 1946 american live action animated musical drama film produced by walt disney and released by rko radio pictures it is based on the collection of uncle remus stories as adapted by joel chandler harris and stars james baskett as uncle remus.

Disney plus song of the south. Writer for movieweb since 2017. Song of the south disney plus streaming. The absence of song of the south from disney plus s content list has prompted discussion among film critics and historians about whether it should be released for educational purposes. He said the movie is not appropriate in.

The crow character in dumbo didn t get edited out but the same treatment isn t going to happen for song of the south. Iger recently stepped down as ceo in february and was replaced by former disney parks experiences and products chairman bob chapek. But disney has preferred to sanitize its vaunted vault. The incredibly racist film will not be on disney plus duh.

The film takes place in the southern united states during the reconstruction era a period of american history after the end of the. Yet while disney plus added a disclaimer to peter pan dumbo and other vintage movies because they depict racist stereotypes the company kept song of the south locked away in. According to deadline disney executive chairman bob iger confirmed at the annual shareholders meeting that the 1946 disney classic film song of the south will not be re released on the disney streaming platform. As goldberg once told yahoo entertainment disney s infamously racist 1946 film song of the south should be brought back to stir debate.

Enjoys playing catan when not writing about superheroes and star wars. However the movie has never been released in full onto dvd or blu ray and will not. The last time song of the south was released officially was in 2000 when it was reissued on vhs in the u k.