Song Of The South Banned

Since its 40th anniversary screening in 1986 disney s first live action feature has been.

Song of the south banned. This is one of the long standing myths surrounding this movie. The film takes place in the southern united states during the reconstruction era a period of american history after the end of the. But prompted by a public petition the studio is now considering lifting its ban on song of the south. Song of the south a 1946 disney film mixing animation and live action was based on the uncle remus stories of joel chandler harris.

However the movie has never been released in full onto dvd or blu ray and will not. Harris who had grown up in georgia during the civil war. I acknowledge that some of the scenes are ignorant towards the plight of african americans in the civil war and reconstruction era but i can t imagine a child who loves this movie coming away feeling racial prejudice or insensitivity towards african americans. Song of the south is the movie that disney would like to forget.

Like song of the south gone with the wind has also come under intense scrutiny for its idealized portrayal of the 19th century south and was briefly banned from streaming on hbo max. It has been said that the naacp banned the movie but that simply isn t true. The naacp did show their disapproval of the portrayal of african americans in the film even when song of the south was being produced however there. Is the disney movie song of the south banned.

The last time song of the south was released officially was in 2000 when it was reissued on vhs in the u k.