Song of the South

Movie

1946

1h 34m

English

Family, Animation

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6.8

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Uncle Remus draws upon his tales of Br'er Rabbit to help little Johnny deal with his confusion over his parents' separation as well as his new life on the plantation.

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Song of the South

Movie

1946

1h 34m

English

Family, Animation

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Uncle Remus draws upon his tales of Br'er Rabbit to help little Johnny deal with his confusion over his parents' separation as well as his new life on the plantation.

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Cast

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James Baskett

Uncle Remus / Br'er Fox (Voice)

Sally

Johnny

Ginny

Grandmother

Aunt Tempy

John (as Eric Rolf)

Toby

Mrs. Favers

Maid

Jake Favers

Joe Flavers

Br'er Bear (voice)

Br'er Rabbit (voice)

Mother Possum (voice)

Babette De Castro

Bird Voices (voice) (uncredited)

Cherie De Castro

Bird Voices (voice) (uncredited)

Peggy De Castro

Bird Voices (voice) (uncredited)

Roy Glenn

Br'er Frog (voice) (uncredited)

Clarence Nash

Mr. Bluebird (voice) (uncredited)

Olivier Urbain

Mr. Favers (uncredited)

Ernestine Wade

Butterfly (uncredited)

Directed By: Wilfred Jackson, Harve Foster

Written By: Ralph Wright (Story), Bill Peet (Story), + 6 more

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SparklinDiamond says...

7 years ago

I had wanted to watch this for years!! Finally was able to find it and I was pleasantly surprised. Very cute film, it's a shame it's banned but I do understand the reasoning behind it. Splash Mountain makes a lot more sense now.

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Elicx says...

4 years ago

I really enjoyed watching this great film and thought it told the story about helping Johnny deal with his problems in a beautiful way. It is most certainly not racist and I am of the opinion that anyone who says it is racist is watching the film trying to create racism because they heard it is supposed to have it. If you don't watch it expecting some sort of racial issue, you won't find one, because there isn't actually one unless you create one. I am deeply saddened that one of my favorite rides at the Magic Kingdom park is being changed due to political pressure and I'm glad that I'll have the childhood memories of going on the ride countless times and whistling along to Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah.

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Jim222001 says...

8 years ago

Never saw this since it's out of print and considered too racist. Just watching it on YouTube now to form my own opinion. Br'er Rabbit who represents a black man is caught by a Fox who represents a white man when Br're is noosed and hanging. Scenes like that is why the film is considered racist. After seeing Zootopia I was curious in this since Zootopia which is against racism is supposed to be pretty much the opposite of Song of the South. If you don't spend too much time thinking about what makes it racist; the film is light-hearted and still a classic. The biggest problem with it though is that it makes it appear black people were perfectly happy as slaves.

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Kyoumimasu says...

5 years ago

As a kid this was one of my favorite movies for the music and probably just the crazy animations. While now as an adult I can see where there is what we consider overt racism now was just normality at the time this was made. I try to keep that in mind when commenting about older films. This certainly isn't the only movie out there that had these issues, but it is one that I see come up often. I'm glade to have been able to own a copy of this when I was little to help formulate my own opinion as I grew up especially as a person of color myself.

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LeslieG5

5/10 2 months ago

Pretty bad spanish dubbing. It romanticizes slavery, Uncle Remus in one part says 'what good will this useless black man be to you' but it does not agree with the construction of the character, unlike a previous scene where he gets sad because he feels that he is only good for telling stories. So it More

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