I watched this when I was a kid. I wanted Uncle Remus to be my grandpa. I wanted in my character what he had in his character. This was the single most influential Disney movie in my life. I am so thankful I got to see it again. Thank you for posting.
We all wanted Uncle Remus to be our Grand Daddies. Loved this movie, as a kid. I'm 52, now, and bought it on DVD several years ago and paid a pretty penny for it and it was TOTALLY worth it!
@@blakewinstead7686 It is not banned nor does Disney have the right to ban it. It will be released. Not only does the government have the right to make Disney release it and prosecute management for withholding it, but I know future events.
Reading some of the comments ! I could give a tumb up to practically all of them. I have been trying to find this movie for tons of years. Trust me it took me back to the kid I was then. 77 and black. I still loved it. I guess one could say watching it took me to my happy place. I think 95% of the movies made now days should be banned. Thank you for the post. Ron in Los Angeles
I am 85. I saw it when first released. I remember the animation portions and especially enjoyed the "laughing place" number. I had a book of Uncle Remus tales. Loved them. Lovely, sweet movie.
I’m 81 and I remember the movie very well. I guess the uploader had to delete the original song Zippy Do Da because of copyright issues. I have an old VHS tape that includes the whole song. It’s a shame this whole cancel culture movement was accepted by Disney because at the end of the ride, they play the song. They even took out the Slash Mountain ride and put in some other ride. I’m surprised they haven’t canceled out today, December 7th 2024 and what happened in 1941. “A date that will live in infamy!”
Floyd Norman was the first black animator personally hired by Walt Disney in the 1950’s. Norman, now in his 90’s, has always championed SONG OF THE SOUTH and supported a release of the film on home media. Norman has a personal copy of the film and would bring it around the country, playing it to regional audiences. Norman was quoted as saying that black audiences enjoyed the film the most.
Mr. Norman was the guest speaker at my son's college graduation, and I felt so honored to meet him and shake his hand. He is a true gentleman and artistic genius. And has a beautiful soul. 🥰
He wasn't the First Black Employee. Walt Disney hired a person for their talent. He didn't care about Color or Religious Beliefs Just if the people he hired could do the job to the Best of their ability
Black audiences probably "enjoyed the film the most" because at least there was some representation in it. But it also shockingly - to modern eyes - depicts the "superior" position of whites in American society in the opening sequence most tellingly.
Like Gone With The Wind, a sad reminder of how bad black actors had it in those days - when the Jim Crow South was an important part of Hollywood's market. Yeah, black actors managed to get jobs as long as they stayed in roles "where they belonged": playing happy, musical, stereotype slaves. A shame - because Uncle Remus himself is meant to be a wise old man, and to kids a lovable inspiration to think your way out of a problem.
Rob: Hattie McDaniel won an Oscar for her work on that movie. She was very appreciated. She was the first black woman to do that. Everyone loves Uncle Remus! Who better than a black actor to play the part of a black person in any movie depicting the old south? Today's public just can't be satisfied. They have to find fault in everything. It's a shame.
@taffykins2745 Hattie couldn't sit beside her fellow actors who appeared in gone with the wind, during the Oscar ceremony she had to sit at the segregated table she couldn't celebrate with her fellow actors as they attended a party at a whites only night club
Sadly, James Baskett (who portrayed Uncle Remus) died not long after production wrapped on SOTH. His widow accepted his Oscar on his behalf, and thanked Walt Disney personally for giving James a opportunity to work.
@@cherylmiller7603 in UK too , imagine making money from uncle Remus while silencing him , hypocrisy I say , now in have to put on my dvd that I converted from video ,
I don’t see how this movies racist is it because of how he talks? Dude I’m black and my grandma talks just like him I’d even go as far as to say this movie was soothing and comforting it felt like being around em good old souther black grandparents
I’m a 64 year old white woman, and I had a black Aunt Hannah. In my neighborhood blacks & whites did their own thing but they got along & had respect for one another. The two big factors: they were all decent church going Christians, and they were all on the same footing, poor. Hollering “racism” at those people would have appalled them all.
I’ve been waiting for years to have the pleasure and privilege to rewatch “The Song of the South”. Big thanks to the individuals who made this possible at this point of time! Truly one of the most iconic films in American history!
I was lucky enough to see this film as a kid the last time it was re-released in the theaters in 1986. Have not seen it in almost 40 years but I always thought highly of it and wanted to see it again. Thank you!
I am 34 and had always heard that this film Song of the South was racist. Now that I have lived long enough to see that it is foolish to believe what you are simply told to believe, I went and watched the movie on RUclips to help me have an informed opinion on this "controversial" movie. I must say the movie was a delight to watch! It's heart-warming and family oriented. I did not see a reason why anyone would ban this movie unless they just wanted to erase a piece of "American" history, not just black, that was insightful and uplifting. I bet many old folks know people like the characters in this movie and it brings them right back there to their childhood. Those who dislike the film have probably never watched it.
One of my favorite movies but the implicit institutional racial and economic differences are so obvious and accepted in this time period they’re hard to ignore. Reminds me of the folks that claim ‘I don’t see color" which only illustrates and propagates the problems we face in this country.
@@ukestudio3002Disagree, and you seem intent to see evil where it’s not. When a person today says they’re ‘race-blind,’ it means they genuinely measure a person by their actions, and don’t give a damn what their color is, for better or worse. I understand, though, if you can only see the world through a race, gender, class lens.
No one knew happy slaves. They did know some poor Black people who worked for white people who were disrespected by the white people calling them Uncle and Aunt so they did not have to call them Mr. and Mrs. The movie is full of stereotypes about Black people in the Old South so it was racist and the NAACP picketed it and Disney withdrew it. I have seen it years ago and I find it racist in parts.
That’s the problem. This movie portrays Blacks in the Antebellum South as happy, cared for, and like slavery wasn’t any problem at all. Historically, slavery never looked anything like this movie.
@@MultiverseAsheville Princess and the Frog also sugar coats the Jim Crow era since it's set in the 1920s. Disney sugar coating harsh time-periods is nothing new
The final shot of the Black man running to join the white girl, white boy, and Black boy so they all can frolic with the fantastical cartoon creatures together, side-by-side, underscored by that beautiful chorus … it’s images like this that are still as sorely needed in the world today as they were in 1946.
@carausiuscaesar5672 "white" is not an ethnicity. "Black" is, or at least can be. In this case, Uncle Remus is ethnically Black (specifically Black American), because we do not know his cultural heritage aside from having been born to Black Americans. Black Americans have created a distinct culture where their heritage was erased by society. There is no such unified culture among white people; so we refer to them by their heritage, even if that is American or Canadian, etc. A black person is not always ethnically Black, either. For example, I have a friend who is Ethiopian by cultural heritage and has black skin. She is not Black, but she is black.
@@WillScarlet16 What's wrong with that? It's about a black man sharing the stories of his people with a white child. That's something I find very beautiful.
It's stereotypical portrayal of Black people is horrible. God no. @8:50. Nope. It's good to have access to it though. RUclips needs to keep this on display.
@@gterrymed who pokes fun at black folks more than black folks themselves? With all the dumb sitcoms that portray blacks in a bad light. This movie is no where near the shameful stuff they put out today!
This is one of Walt’s absolute best movies, I love this movie, own it and at 51 years old watched it recently intently purposely looking for racism. The only disappointment is current Disney executives don’t know their own history behind this movie being post slavery with uncle Remus a sharecropper. Kids need to be exposed to this classic. I love the connection Uncle Remus has with johnnny using his stories to help Johnny navigate life’s hardships. It’s a wholesome movie and Hattie McDaniel and James Baskett need to be highlighted for their amazing roles in this film and for upcoming black actors. I love everything wholesome about this film and wished more children could have the same fortunate experience I did as a kid watching this on the big screen in awe of this beautiful story and life’s lessons learned.
At 65 I never saw this movie, just saw it for the first time ever just now! I wish the music wasn’t clipped out of it in certain spots. As a kid if the puppy did not re emerge unharmed I would have had serious issues! Thank god the rotten kids did not have their way, kudos to Disney to making it a happy ending!
This great movie was banned because it did not fit the political narrative. All whites and blacks did not hate each other. Hate and prejudice will never be complete erased because it is a heart problem which only God can change. I am glad that we have fixed the slavery issue, and hate that it hurt so many. My grandfather had a farm and blacks and whites worked lovingly together, though they did not mix socially which is also wrong. When my grandfather died they were genuinely sorry for his death. Our basis for loving one another should be that we are all human beings created in God’s image which gives us worth.
@@jacov127 It may not have been "lost" but it was made EXTREMELY DIFFICULT to get hold of. It was VERY VERY EXPENSIVE for me to get a copy years ago. Had to get it FROM ENGLAND and then pay to have it transferred from THEIR SYSTEM to OURS!!!
It totally blew my mind when I saw this on RUclips. I last saw it when I was in 8th grade, over fifty years ago! Thank you for posting this. Edit BTW, I'm 66 now.
Our neighbor Mr. Chappy told us when we were kids two rules to live by. Tell it like it is and live like every day is Sunday. He was our Uncle Remus full of wisdom and kindness.
thank you so much for this movie! i've always loved it, and i also have about a 100 year old copy of the stories. instead of a terrible movie the way people always say, i always thought of it as a wonderful tale with uncle remus as the main character and hero.
Nonetheless, Walt Disney failed to abide by the Hayes Code recommendation that the film's prologue expressly mention that it was set during the post-Civil-War Reconstruction Era, NOT the Antebellum (pre-Civil-War Slavery) Era apparently because Disney didn't want to offend prejudiced White Southern audiences.
Walt Disney grew up reading the Uncle Remus books. He just Loved the stories and wanted to share them Doubt he thought that was a big deal. He probably thought more people read the books. Funny how when I watched this movie in 1980, in the movie theater, Everyone Loved it. Both Black and White people. It's So weird to me that people complain about EVERYTHING now.
@ Surprise! In 1946, Adam Clayton Powell Jr., a congressman from Harlem, New York, branded the film an "insult to American minorities [and] everything that America as a whole stands for." The National Negro Congress set up picket lines in theaters in the big cities where the film played, with its protesters holding signs that read "Song of the South is an insult to the Negro people!" and, lampooning "Jingle Bells", chanted: "Disney tells, Disney tells / lies about the South!" On April 2, 1947, a group of protesters marched around Oakland, California's Paramount Theatre with picket signs reading, "We want films on Democracy NOT Slavery!" and "Don't prejudice children's minds with films like this". The National Jewish Post scorned the fact that the film's lead, James Baskett (Uncle Remus), was not allowed to attend its premiere in Atlanta because of his race due to Georgia segregationist Jim Crow Laws. Criticisms in the Black press largely objected to the reinforcement of stereotypes, such as the subservient status of Black characters, costuming, the exaggerated dialect, and other archaic depictions of Black people. Walt Disney was initially going to have the "Song of the South" screenplay written by his own studio animators but later sought professional writers. In June 1944, Disney hired Southern-born writer Dalton Reymond to write the screenplay. Dalton Reymond delivered a 51-page outline on May 15, 1944. The Hays Office reviewed Reymond's outline and demanded that some terminology, such as White characters referring to Uncle Remus as an "old Darkie" be removed from Reymond's treatment. Disney hired African-American performer & writer Clarence Muse to be consulted on the screenplay, but Muse quit when Reymond ignored Muse's suggestions to portray African-American characters in a way that would be perceived as being dignified and more than Southern stereotypes. In addition to concerns about his racial stereotyping, Reymond had never written a screenplay before (nor would he ever write another). Maurice Rapf, who had been writing live-action features at the time, was asked by Walt Disney Productions to work with Reymond and co-writer Callum Webb to turn Reymond's story-outline treatment into a shootable screenplay. According to Neal Gabler, one of the reasons Disney had hired Rapf to work with Reymond was to temper what Disney feared would be Reymond's "White Southern slant" since Reymond's treatment included the phrases "Massa" (i.e. Master) in reference to White characters, and "Darkies" in reference to Black plantation workers, prominently. Reymond's use of those racist terms in his original treatment readily indicates that he had set the storyline during the Antebellum (Pre-Civil War) Era when Uncle Remus and the Black plantation workers were still slaves.
🐰🦊🐻🌳..."Satisfactual! !"...I've been wanting to see this Film my whole life (I'm 60)..it's even better than I could imagine...sensitive with intense emotional depth...true love and friendship exceeds all of society's boundaries (age, race, gender or class)...classic Disney "storytelling" at Walt's best.. thank you...
I was about 5 years old when I first saw this movie!! I liked it then & I like it now. I'sick & tired of all this garbage about racism!! JUST WATCH & ENJOY THE MOVIE!!
I saw this film when it was rereleased in 1972. I was nine years old. Many years later I wondered why it was considered so racially offensive. I certainly didn't remember it that way. It's a shame that those who benefit from racial strife and divisions have tarnished the reputation of this film. Its most controversial message is that, even in the Deep South of the Reconstruction Era, bonds of friendship and love formed across the racial divide. Thank you for giving us the chance to hear that message again. On another note, the movie is poignant because of the sad story of Bobby Driscoll, the young boy who played Johnny. He faced ridicule and bullying in his high school years due to his film career, and this led him into drug use. He died penniless in an abandoned New York tenement in 1968 from heart failure and was buried in an unmarked grave. He was identified by fingerprint match a year later when his mother contacted the police for help in locating him. His father was terminally ill and was hoping for a reunion with his son before he died. Bob Driscoll was 31.
His contract wasn't renewed because he had really bad ache . You forgot he got married and had three children Left his family to move to New York to restart his acting career. Started gang out with Andy Warhol . He got into drugs and alcohol. Then Yes he was found dead in the street. He did make some HORRIBLE decisions
This is a excellent movie and there is nothing racist about it. Bobby Driscoll is such a cute child actor. I think the people at Disney do not know what they are talking about banning this movie. They need to grow up. This movie is better then the junk that they make today. The Disney Movies today are not as good when Walt Disney was alive, They were much better.
Disney ate Bobby Driscoll and chewed him out. He died a drug addict after Disney wouldn't renew his contract because of his acne. He died in an abandoned building with his body unidentified and unclaimed.
Thank you so much for sharing this. I am 68 and saw this movie in the theaters as a child. My husband had the giant Uncle Remus book by Walt Disney that accompanied the movie- he was older than me. I still have his book and when we were younger, it inspired me to purchase the entire Volume of uncle Remus’s tales in the original vernacular. Uncle Remus stories were among my favorite as a child. And as an adult, I began storytelling and my favorite stories to tell where the Uncle Remustales. Children of all colors and backgrounds loved them because they were funny and told stories of friendship and taught life lessons in a way children could understand. What beautiful allegories.
This movie won the best picture of 1946 it is a good g rated movie. I had heard it was banned for many years. I am glad modern day people can see it and make up their own minds. There is a reason why walt disney is still making millions of money since he died in 1966. His movies are great.
@pamczech5984, Only LIBERAL-MINDED caucasians dabbling in the philosophies of both Karl Marx and Lenin have labeled it as racist and brainwashed members of certain African-American based censorship groups into believing them.
I loved this film as a child. It showed black and white children could be friends and Uncle Remus was the kindest and smartest grown up there, It showed me that smart or goodness was not based on color. to me it is not racist Uncle Remus had stayed there because he felt safe and at home. After emancipation many did not leave home ground sometimes for generations my Grandpa was a share cropper and although white Caddo Indian and some black blood was a lot like Uncle Remus and leaving home land whem the farms were sold to become a housing development was really hard. I am off topic it is no racist just shows how it was and that black people are the equal or better than others it all depend on the person i
I don’t know why people don’t realize the South was Home to slaves. Many went North after the war and found racism & hatred was worse up there and came back. Southern society was different-blacks & whites had lived together since the mid 1600s. It was a flawed civilization but a civilization nonetheless. Better that than chaos. The anti-bellum South has been called the last non-materialistic civilization. Southern society was based on Christian principles. The North, especially New England, was a Puritan/Calvinistic society: people were sinful crap, unless you made money, which was a sign that God loved you. Many of the names you recognize as leading families in America, Brown for one, made their fortunes running slave ships, a fact that gets lost in the racist propaganda against the South.
This is a wonderful classic that should be brought back. It has historic value now and should not be banned because of the time. It has as much value as the the time put into the history books.
this movie is based on a book written by someone who, as a teenager and young man, worked on a plantation alongside free blacks. the breir fox and rabbit stories and such are based on or repetitions of tales he gathered when he worked on the plantation. he worked the same back breaking jobs they did and, later, before writing novels, he became a newspaper man, and he apparently wrote somewhat like the father here. (i may recall that last bit incorrectly, but the way he worked as a young man and the way he was told the stories is a fact.)
I lived in Macon Georgia as a child. We went to an old movie theater and watched this on a field trip in the 80’s. The half black, half white class of mine. No one thought it was racist then or our black teacher definitely wouldn’t have arranged it - clearly it was historical. Never did it occur to us at that point not to like each other bc we didn’t have the same skin tone.
I am 87. We saw this movie in Atlanta in 1946 with our 76 year old grandfather who told uncle Remus stories himself who had worked on the farm in Virginia at 18 saving money for college.
A magnificent film. You can feel Walt apart of the film, running and romping with the kids and sitting listening to Remus' stories and having some of Tempe's pie. makes me wish I was a kid again and join them. Better than anything Disneyco. has ever created in the last 40 years. I know everyone loves the 2 iconic songs. But for me Tempe's "Sooner or Later" has always been my favorite.
A heart-warming story about a beloved folk character. Said character, played beautifully by James Baskett, evokes the African oral storytelling tradition of clever moralistic tales and animal characters. The only people this offends are those looking to be offended.
All I see in the movie is a kind old man who loves to tell stories and that's all I seen in the 70's when I first saw it. Tales of life and how to or not handle it. I loved this movie thank you for posting it. Just wish it had during the first song. It also cut out during the middle of the movie but still great to watch it again.
I've shared this movie to my friends. This story has a great message about the trouble humans make for themselves, what's really important, what we think about ourselves, and whom to listen to. With a sprinkle of the old Disney magic. :) Thank you!
THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS DISNEY MOVIE ON SO WE COULD SEE ITS GLORY. A FILM WITH FRIENDSHIP AND PLEASANT PEOPLE BEING KIND AND POLITE TO ONE ANOUTHER. GREAT CHARACTERS AND STORY. THE BOY AND YOUNG GIRL WAS IN ANOUTHER DISNEY MOVIE TOGETHER "SO DEAR TO MY HEART" ALSO A GREAT MOVIE!! LOVED SEEING THE ANIMATED PARTS EVEN THOUGH THE SOUND CUT OUT WHEN UNCLE REMUS SANG AND LATER THE SAME PART TOO THE SINGING PARTS. A GREAT MOVIE AND GOOD ENDING. NO RACISM AT ALL!!! THANKS FOR SHARING AND STAY SAFE ❤🙏
Thank you for making it possible for me to finally see this beautiful movie that shows the pure love between a boy and his best friend, Uncle Remus ❤. This is beautiful storytelling that should be accessible to everyone. Hiding it only hides an important message of love and the historical, groundbreaking talents of the beautiful Ms Hattie McDaniel and Mr. James Baskett.
Wow haven’t seen this since I was a kid❤❤❤❤The crap they make today and then take this away!!! I see absolutely no reason for a child not to see this classic❤❤❤❤❤❤Thank you for the upload.
It just goes to show how the black folk were decent people who helped the white folk especially Johnny, this was life in those days however people don't look at the fact it was about teaching good behavior about growing up with morals People should look at this but not in racist way
I can’t believe I found this on RUclips. Song of The South is my all time favorite movie. I remember seeing this movie in the theaters when I was a little girl, I’ve loved it ever since. My son found on the internet some 15 years ago,he made a copy for me, was the best Christian gift ever.
A beautiful,story of friendship and insight. The stories are priceless, and the feelings of caring and concern at a human level are right on. You can find whatever you are looking for, and will. You can also find a loving story of people just plain old caring for one another.
Great Movie. I just finished watching it, the last time I saw it was 38 years ago at the theater for it’s 40th anniversary, thank you so much for making it easier to see
These stories were collected by Joel Chandler Harris as he listened to blacks retell them. They originated in west African folktales and were brought to America by the enslaved. They formed a rich part of their culture and it is sad that this movie, Uncle Remus and the tales are considered racist.
I'm a disabled little girl of 65 yrs young tonight thanks to you Having a serious procedure tomorrow, now I'm ready to face it. Haven't seen this in too many decades, it's been a medicine 🤗🤗
This film is only controversial to those who have an anti-American and uneducated narrative agenda. Who is the good and wise person in this movie? Hint: it isn't any of the white adults, it was Uncle Remus who spent time with with a lonely and confused young boy telling him stories with Nature and Nature's God morals so that he might be able to order his life. Is that what made it controversial? Walt Disney was genius, and today's Disney is a sorry shadow of what it once was under Walt and Roy Disney!
CORRECT! At 84 I saw this movie in a theater in 1946 and all those great Disney movies: SNOW WHITE , BAMBI, ETC. I was at Disney in Florida when it first opened and had an Annual Pass. But I'm TOTALLY DISGUSTED WITH WHAT IT IS TODAY! Also, it is SO expensive today that they no longer have the crowds they had in the past.
to be honest, I don't know if it's racist or not, I know virtually nothing about the film aside from it's reputation (which I'm not automatically willing to trust unless I see concrete proof that this film has a bigoted agenda)
As a little white kid, I loved Uncle Remus, and was heart-broken and angered by the injustice of his expulsion. We have here a move that engenders pity and fear FOR a black man, not against him. Viewers suffer for him. That makes him a PRO-tagonist. Although this might inspire "the soft bigotry of low expectations" in liberals, it also inspires affection respect in conservatives and liberals alike. In that sense, this is movie is "anti-racist."
I saw this as a child at the drive in. I cried and cried when Uncle Remus left. I am now 60 years old and even now I see nothing racist about this sweet movie. Only a Karen would try to ban this movie.
Thank you so much for uploading this: that said I better get my skates on watching this for the first time, as The Mouse House will no doubt catch wind of this on RUclips and take it down for copyright reasons…
Ive never seen this movie. I'm 61 it was most likely available, somehow I missed it. I would have loved it as a child. I am enjoying it tremendously. I would have loved to have had an uncle Remus in my life. There is heart to this story and innocence. Thank you for making it available.
I am 67, and every kid my age and older were very familiar. Post Beatles arrival era 1966-'67, A lot of culture was pre & past 1967, more or less. VHS at Blockbuster in the 80's had it, and I may or may not have showed it to my daughter b 1982. She liked Woody Woodpecker and a few older cartoons but, wasn't much influence by then. Not surprised that you missed by a bit,
There is absolutely nothing wrong or racist about this beautiful film. Yes, it takes place during Reconstruction and James Baskett's performance was timeless and unforgettable . Disney has no right to withhold the movie or say what's racist. Disney is breaking the law every day it withholds it and the government will force Disney to release it. When I take over Disney and make it great again, one of my first official acts will be to give the movie not only a Blu Ray release but a theatrical re-release, too.
And I hope the royalties will go to the heirs of Hattie McDaniel, James Baskett, Norman (the animator) and heirs of all of the other artists who contributed.
Not sure but I believe the racism is implicit in that blacks are ignorant, uneducated, poor and condemned to slavery to white people that owned them..🤷🏽
One of my all time favorites! Love love Disney, but they’ve lost touch, they should trash the new disastrous Snow White film they’re trying to push on us! THAT movie is offensive! Disney, get back to new creative beautiful movies like this one! There are so many wonderful stories out there!
This made my Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah Day, as a child, and now as a 75 year old.
DITTO for this 74 yr old.
Disney has pulled some big boners.
Made mine too as a 76-year-old.
I'm 62 and it made mine also
me too and I am 88.
Im 66 and it's always been my favorite
To whomever posted this movie: Thank you from the bottom of my heart ❤️ May God bless you richly, and may you have a zippidy-do-da day!
I agree ❤❤
Many have tried before. Disney kept throwing up copyright and taking it down. I’m surprised this has lasted as long as as long as it has.
I watched this when I was a kid. I wanted Uncle Remus to be my grandpa. I wanted in my character what he had in his character. This was the single most influential Disney movie in my life. I am so thankful I got to see it again. Thank you for posting.
Me,too!
We all wanted Uncle Remus to be our Grand Daddies. Loved this movie, as a kid. I'm 52, now, and bought it on DVD several years ago and paid a pretty penny for it and it was TOTALLY worth it!
Uncle Remus is the hero in this movie and Disney should release it on Blu-Ray
If Disney did release it on Blu-Ray I would certainly buy it, it was my first movie I saw as a child, never forgot it.
Well too bad the movie is BANNED in the USA!
@@blakewinstead7686 It is not banned. If it was banned then this video wouldn't have been uploaded and it wouldn't be so easy to find online.
@@blakewinstead7686 It is not banned nor does Disney have the right to ban it. It will be released. Not only does the government have the right to make Disney release it and prosecute management for withholding it, but I know future events.
This film is in general DISNEY release in Japan where they don't worry about offending over sensitive people.
Reading some of the comments ! I could give a tumb up to practically all of them. I have been trying to find this movie for tons of years. Trust me it took me back to the kid I was then. 77 and black. I still loved it. I guess one could say watching it took me to my happy place. I think 95% of the movies made now days should be banned. Thank you for the post.
Ron in Los Angeles
Beautiful. A million times better than any of the crap they're churning out today.
💯...this film did something Disney hasn't done in decades...it makes you feel emotions...
Amen
Where's the music?
@@cat-zk8bv A couple of the songs were taken out because they're copyrighted.
I agree
The best Disney movie.
With the most beautiful, heartwarming ending out of any Disney films.
Absolutely!
I haven’t seen this since I was a child. I loved this movie. Thank you so much for the opportunity to show this movie to my daughter. ❤
Me too! So,much love!❤️
I am 85. I saw it when first released. I remember the animation portions and especially enjoyed the "laughing place" number. I had a book of Uncle Remus tales. Loved them. Lovely, sweet movie.
I’m 81 and I remember the movie very well. I guess the uploader had to delete the original song Zippy Do Da because of copyright issues. I have an old VHS tape that includes the whole song. It’s a shame this whole cancel culture movement was accepted by Disney because at the end of the ride, they play the song. They even took out the Slash Mountain ride and put in some other ride. I’m surprised they haven’t canceled out today, December 7th 2024 and what happened in 1941. “A date that will live in infamy!”
@@robertmiller3810
I am not quite as old as 67.... But I am more a part of your generation than what has bey going on for fifty years....
@@robertmiller3810clarity , been . A big culture change since then
I loved "The laughin place".
I lovevthis movie!! Nothing Racist about it. Now I can't the Soundtrack with Uncle Remus singing!! They are messin with this movie!
Stop this!!
Floyd Norman was the first black animator personally hired by Walt Disney in the 1950’s. Norman, now in his 90’s, has always championed SONG OF THE SOUTH and supported a release of the film on home media. Norman has a personal copy of the film and would bring it around the country, playing it to regional audiences. Norman was quoted as saying that black audiences enjoyed the film the most.
Awesome thank you for the history
Now he’s telling us like it is with both courage and spunk alike!
Mr. Norman was the guest speaker at my son's college graduation, and I felt so honored to meet him and shake his hand. He is a true gentleman and artistic genius. And has a beautiful soul. 🥰
He wasn't the First Black Employee. Walt Disney hired a person for their talent. He didn't care about Color or Religious Beliefs Just if the people he hired could do the job to the Best of their ability
Black audiences probably "enjoyed the film the most" because at least there was some representation in it. But it also shockingly - to modern eyes - depicts the "superior" position of whites in American society in the opening sequence most tellingly.
Such beautiful souls in this movie. Not racial, just beauty and gentleness
Like Gone With The Wind, a sad reminder of how bad black actors had it in those days - when the Jim Crow South was an important part of Hollywood's market. Yeah, black actors managed to get jobs as long as they stayed in roles "where they belonged": playing happy, musical, stereotype slaves. A shame - because Uncle Remus himself is meant to be a wise old man, and to kids a lovable inspiration to think your way out of a problem.
Rob: Hattie McDaniel won an Oscar for her work on that movie. She was very appreciated. She was the first black woman to do that. Everyone loves Uncle Remus! Who better than a black actor to play the part of a black person in any movie depicting the old south? Today's public just can't be satisfied. They have to find fault in everything. It's a shame.
@taffykins2745 Hattie couldn't sit beside her fellow actors who appeared in gone with the wind, during the Oscar ceremony she had to sit at the segregated table she couldn't celebrate with her fellow actors as they attended a party at a whites only night club
If you can’t see the racism then you can’t see you’re part of the problem
Who's glory is in thare shame.whos god is there belly. Who's end is destruction.
Sadly, James Baskett (who portrayed Uncle Remus) died not long after production wrapped on SOTH. His widow accepted his Oscar on his behalf, and thanked Walt Disney personally for giving James a opportunity to work.
Thank you for this Wonderful bit of history. ❤
Oh my gosh! Hattie MacDaniel!! I love Hattie!! She was so amazing and beautiful!!
She was such a fabulous actress, with such a warm manner and beautiful indeed.
There's no substitute for Hattie McDaniel ... the most beautiful and fabulous actress ❤️ 💕 💖 of the golden 💛 ✨️ ❤️ 💖 Hollywood era . RIP 💐🌸🪷🌹🌺🌻🌼🌷🪻⚘️
There are NO commercials during this film! What a wonderful bonus. 👏
This movie is monetized with advertisements. And the songs are silenced. At least in Canada.
@@cherylmiller7603 in UK too , imagine making money from uncle Remus while silencing him , hypocrisy I say , now in have to put on my dvd that I converted from video ,
@@cherylmiller7603 Yes, Two songs silenced in Canada which makes NO SENSE but at least I got to see it again! :)
There are commercials in UK , and comments going missing ,
@@smallfeet4581 Yes lots of commercials in UK. Silenced songs as well.
I don’t see how this movies racist is it because of how he talks? Dude I’m black and my grandma talks just like him I’d even go as far as to say this movie was soothing and comforting it felt like being around em good old souther black grandparents
I’m a 64 year old white woman, and I had a black Aunt Hannah. In my neighborhood blacks & whites did their own thing but they got along & had respect for one another. The two big factors: they were all decent church going Christians, and they were all on the same footing, poor. Hollering “racism” at those people would have appalled them all.
@ well times change some times for the worst but America will heal and back to normal we’ll go
The whole racism part stems from morons not realizing that the time period is AFTER the Civil War. It had criticism before it even hit theaters.
I'm Latino American, I don't see anything yet. Just typical stuff for the time.
@@anthonycalbillo9376 It's TYPICAL STUFF for ANY TIME, my friend!!!
I’ve been waiting for years to have the pleasure and privilege to rewatch “The Song of the South”. Big thanks to the individuals who made this possible at this point of time! Truly one of the most iconic films in American history!
I was lucky enough to see this film as a kid the last time it was re-released in the theaters in 1986. Have not seen it in almost 40 years but I always thought highly of it and wanted to see it again. Thank you!
jasonorme1026, saw it in a theater in 1980, so happy someone posted this.
I am 34 and had always heard that this film Song of the South was racist. Now that I have lived long enough to see that it is foolish to believe what you are simply told to believe, I went and watched the movie on RUclips to help me have an informed opinion on this "controversial" movie. I must say the movie was a delight to watch! It's heart-warming and family oriented. I did not see a reason why anyone would ban this movie unless they just wanted to erase a piece of "American" history, not just black, that was insightful and uplifting. I bet many old folks know people like the characters in this movie and it brings them right back there to their childhood. Those who dislike the film have probably never watched it.
Why is the song missing?
One of my favorite movies but the implicit institutional racial and economic differences are so obvious and accepted in this time period they’re hard to ignore. Reminds me of the folks that claim ‘I don’t see color" which only illustrates and propagates the problems we face in this country.
@@janetseamons2757 Copyright
@@ukestudio3002Disagree, and you seem intent to see evil where it’s not. When a person today says they’re ‘race-blind,’ it means they genuinely measure a person by their actions, and don’t give a damn what their color is, for better or worse. I understand, though, if you can only see the world through a race, gender, class lens.
No one knew happy slaves. They did know some poor Black people who worked for white people who were disrespected by the white people calling them Uncle and Aunt so they did not have to call them Mr. and Mrs. The movie is full of stereotypes about Black people in the Old South so it was racist and the NAACP picketed it and Disney withdrew it. I have seen it years ago and I find it racist in parts.
I saw NO racism, i saw friendship and kindness. What we need 2day
That’s the problem. This movie portrays Blacks in the Antebellum South as happy, cared for, and like slavery wasn’t any problem at all. Historically, slavery never looked anything like this movie.
@@MultiverseAsheville This takes place AFTER slavery.
@@MultiverseAsheville Princess and the Frog also sugar coats the Jim Crow era since it's set in the 1920s. Disney sugar coating harsh time-periods is nothing new
Agreed., But black people will disagree Because they see a problem in everything.
@@MultiverseAshevilleYou do know the basis for this movie was a series of books? Books that the author made from African fairytales?
The final shot of the Black man running to join the white girl, white boy, and Black boy so they all can frolic with the fantastical cartoon creatures together, side-by-side, underscored by that beautiful chorus … it’s images like this that are still as sorely needed in the world today as they were in 1946.
Yes, their walking over the hill.
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Why do you demean the White ethnic in the lower case?😡
@carausiuscaesar5672 "white" is not an ethnicity. "Black" is, or at least can be. In this case, Uncle Remus is ethnically Black (specifically Black American), because we do not know his cultural heritage aside from having been born to Black Americans. Black Americans have created a distinct culture where their heritage was erased by society. There is no such unified culture among white people; so we refer to them by their heritage, even if that is American or Canadian, etc.
A black person is not always ethnically Black, either. For example, I have a friend who is Ethiopian by cultural heritage and has black skin. She is not Black, but she is black.
@@carausiuscaesar5672Don't take offense at a small thing. The comment is beautiful and lauds diversity.
Not racist at all. A beautiful movie based on real African-American fables, starring the first black man and woman to receive Oscars.
Truly great since it features Hattie McDaniel in the cast.
Except this movie takes those African fables and recasts them as learning experiences for a rich white boy.
@@WillScarlet16 What's wrong with that? It's about a black man sharing the stories of his people with a white child. That's something I find very beautiful.
Are you implying white boys can't learn anything from African Americans???? @@WillScarlet16
Agreed !!!
We need more of uncle Remus kind ❤
I haven't seen this since I was a very little girl and I'm an "old lady" now.
How MARVELLOUS!
I really don't care what anyone says...
"Song of the South" is one of my Top favorite "Disney" movies (from the 1940's)!
This is not a racist. This is a GREAT MOVIE!
It's stereotypical portrayal of Black people is horrible. God no. @8:50. Nope. It's good to have access to it though. RUclips needs to keep this on display.
@@gterrymedthe white folks are stereotypical as well.
ip may naw beez racist... but id shore bee Razzisd!
@MythwrightWorkshop 😆 🤣 😂 😹 😆 I b impotent, iz gud bein impotent. 😆 🤣 😂 😹 dum mud dukks' sooz stoopid in dis mooovie; moo likez a cow? Mooovie
@@gterrymed who pokes fun at black folks more than black folks themselves? With all the dumb sitcoms that portray blacks in a bad light. This movie is no where near the shameful stuff they put out today!
This is one of Walt’s absolute best movies, I love this movie, own it and at 51 years old watched it recently intently purposely looking for racism. The only disappointment is current Disney executives don’t know their own history behind this movie being post slavery with uncle Remus a sharecropper. Kids need to be exposed to this classic. I love the connection Uncle Remus has with johnnny using his stories to help Johnny navigate life’s hardships. It’s a wholesome movie and Hattie McDaniel and James Baskett need to be highlighted for their amazing roles in this film and for upcoming black actors. I love everything wholesome about this film and wished more children could have the same fortunate experience I did as a kid watching this on the big screen in awe of this beautiful story and life’s lessons learned.
At 65 I never saw this movie, just saw it for the first time ever just now! I wish the music wasn’t clipped out of it in certain spots. As a kid if the puppy did not re emerge unharmed I would have had serious issues! Thank god the rotten kids did not have their way, kudos to Disney to making it a happy ending!
@@piratessalyx7871 CORRECT! We have some generations of people who don't want happy endings but violence, sex and filthy language!
This great movie was banned because it did not fit the political narrative. All whites and blacks did not hate each other. Hate and prejudice will never be complete erased because it is a heart problem which only God can change. I am glad that we have fixed the slavery issue, and hate that it hurt so many. My grandfather had a farm and blacks and whites worked lovingly together, though they did not mix socially which is also wrong. When my grandfather died they were genuinely sorry for his death. Our basis for loving one another should be that we are all human beings created in God’s image which gives us worth.
Wow! ❤ Made a 65 yr old guy cry. Why can't Disney make more of this than the stuff they've pumped out for the last forty years.
Because they don’t want to romanticize the antebellum days
@@tomyun1550 SONG OF THE SOUTH is not set during the antebellum period. It's set in the period after the Civil War.
@@oliverbrownlow5615 Yes, the Reconstruction era.
@@tomyun1550 It takes place after slavery and Disney will be forced by Uncle Sam to release it.
They now have people who have NO MORAL VALUES AT ALL, WHO ARE GREEDY AND FLUSHING DISNEY DOWN THE MOVIE TOILET!
Can you believe the James Baskett, the actor who played Uncle Remus, was only 42 years old here? He died 2 years later at age 44 of heart failure.
What a pity.
But what a legend
How sad!
They obviously didn’t have properly trained cardiac specialists in those days nor did they have trauma centers either.
Yes indeed.
We did it guys the movie is no longer lost media
sorry but it never really was lost Media
@@jacov127 It may not have been "lost" but it was made EXTREMELY DIFFICULT to get hold of. It was VERY VERY EXPENSIVE for me to get a copy years ago. Had to get it FROM ENGLAND and then pay to have it transferred from THEIR SYSTEM to OURS!!!
The dvd has been around for 20 years. Laser disc for 30 years.
I downloaded it from RUclips in 2017....
@@ryanlozano9086 We ???
It totally blew my mind when I saw this on RUclips. I last saw it when I was in 8th grade, over fifty years ago! Thank you for posting this.
Edit BTW, I'm 66 now.
Thank you for posting this movie-I’ve always wanted to see it (and now, have saved it)!
Me too!❤
I guess my black parents weren't aware this was racist when they took my sister and I to see this at the movies. I've missed this movie so much!!!
Uncle Remus is wonderful I loved his character.
Likewise.
Yes! He is my happy place!!❤
I ADORE Uncle Remus
Our neighbor Mr. Chappy told us when we were kids two rules to live by. Tell it like it is and live like every day is Sunday. He was our Uncle Remus full of wisdom and kindness.
I love Uncle Remus ... his character is filled with wisdom . 😊
thank you so much for this movie! i've always loved it, and i also have about a 100 year old copy of the stories. instead of a terrible movie the way people always say, i always thought of it as a wonderful tale with uncle remus as the main character and hero.
Classic Disney. Definitely something to be treasured and preserved for the future.
l believe it was called movie not a documentary. Just sit and enjoy the movie; the story, the laughter, the music, the animation.
Nonetheless, Walt Disney failed to abide by the Hayes Code recommendation that the film's prologue expressly mention that it was set during the post-Civil-War Reconstruction Era, NOT the Antebellum (pre-Civil-War Slavery) Era apparently because Disney didn't want to offend prejudiced White Southern audiences.
@@JamesWilliamKingalways some reason for hate if you are a liberal!
Walt Disney grew up reading the Uncle Remus books. He just Loved the stories and wanted to share them
Doubt he thought that was a big deal. He probably thought more people read the books. Funny how when I watched this movie in 1980, in the movie theater, Everyone Loved it. Both Black and White people. It's So weird to me that people complain about EVERYTHING now.
@ Surprise! In 1946, Adam Clayton Powell Jr., a congressman from Harlem, New York, branded the film an "insult to American minorities [and] everything that America as a whole stands for."
The National Negro Congress set up picket lines in theaters in the big cities where the film played, with its protesters holding signs that read "Song of the South is an insult to the Negro people!" and, lampooning "Jingle Bells", chanted: "Disney tells, Disney tells / lies about the South!"
On April 2, 1947, a group of protesters marched around Oakland, California's Paramount Theatre with picket signs reading, "We want films on Democracy NOT Slavery!" and "Don't prejudice children's minds with films like this".
The National Jewish Post scorned the fact that the film's lead, James Baskett (Uncle Remus), was not allowed to attend its premiere in Atlanta because of his race due to Georgia segregationist Jim Crow Laws.
Criticisms in the Black press largely objected to the reinforcement of stereotypes, such as the subservient status of Black characters, costuming, the exaggerated dialect, and other archaic depictions of Black people.
Walt Disney was initially going to have the "Song of the South" screenplay written by his own studio animators but later sought professional writers.
In June 1944, Disney hired Southern-born writer Dalton Reymond to write the screenplay.
Dalton Reymond delivered a 51-page outline on May 15, 1944. The Hays Office reviewed Reymond's outline and demanded that some terminology, such as White characters referring to Uncle Remus as an "old Darkie" be removed from Reymond's treatment.
Disney hired African-American performer & writer Clarence Muse to be consulted on the screenplay, but Muse quit when Reymond ignored Muse's suggestions to portray African-American characters in a way that would be perceived as being dignified and more than Southern stereotypes.
In addition to concerns about his racial stereotyping, Reymond had never written a screenplay before (nor would he ever write another).
Maurice Rapf, who had been writing live-action features at the time, was asked by Walt Disney Productions to work with Reymond and co-writer Callum Webb to turn Reymond's story-outline treatment into a shootable screenplay.
According to Neal Gabler, one of the reasons Disney had hired Rapf to work with Reymond was to temper what Disney feared would be Reymond's "White Southern slant" since
Reymond's treatment included the phrases "Massa" (i.e. Master) in reference to White characters, and "Darkies" in reference to Black plantation workers, prominently.
Reymond's use of those racist terms in his original treatment readily indicates that he had set the storyline during the Antebellum (Pre-Civil War) Era when Uncle Remus and the Black plantation workers were still slaves.
One of the greatest movies ever made. Should be available anywhere. The people who have maligned it are ignorant, dishonest, and absurd.
The people that hate this movie are stupid racist liberals. This movie had love and warmth what we need in this world more than ever,
🐰🦊🐻🌳..."Satisfactual! !"...I've been wanting to see this Film my whole life (I'm 60)..it's even better than I could imagine...sensitive with intense emotional depth...true love and friendship exceeds all of society's boundaries (age, race, gender or class)...classic Disney "storytelling" at Walt's best.. thank you...
Same here. Never having seen it has surely made people more curious about it, if anything. 😂
I remember seeing it in the theater in the late 60's or early 70's when I was a kid.
Since when true friendship became racist.. this is an awesome movie and I loved it.. bravo to all the cast 👏👏👏
I am also 85.I can't believe I finally get to see this again.
My Grandchild listen and Great grandchildren can see what I have talked about for years.
One of my childhood FAVORITE movies!! LOVED UNCLE REMUS!!! People who are RACIST are the ONLY ones who saw racism in this movie.
My mom took me to see it when I was young, and she got me the soundtrack album. Several years ago, I bought the DVD.
I was about 5 years old when I first saw this movie!! I liked it then & I like it now. I'sick & tired of all this garbage about racism!! JUST WATCH & ENJOY THE MOVIE!!
I’m 54, and my parents took me to see this movie when I was 3. It still holds a special place in my heart.
I’ve loved this movie from childhood! There’s nothing racist about it. This is about friendship and family.
Truly telling it like it is!
I saw this film when it was rereleased in 1972. I was nine years old. Many years later I wondered why it was considered so racially offensive. I certainly didn't remember it that way. It's a shame that those who benefit from racial strife and divisions have tarnished the reputation of this film. Its most controversial message is that, even in the Deep South of the Reconstruction Era, bonds of friendship and love formed across the racial divide. Thank you for giving us the chance to hear that message again. On another note, the movie is poignant because of the sad story of Bobby Driscoll, the young boy who played Johnny. He faced ridicule and bullying in his high school years due to his film career, and this led him into drug use. He died penniless in an abandoned New York tenement in 1968 from heart failure and was buried in an unmarked grave. He was identified by fingerprint match a year later when his mother contacted the police for help in locating him. His father was terminally ill and was hoping for a reunion with his son before he died. Bob Driscoll was 31.
Gaah!!
His contract wasn't renewed because he had really bad ache . You forgot he got married and had three children Left his family to move to New York to restart his acting career. Started gang out with Andy Warhol . He got into drugs and alcohol. Then Yes he was found dead in the street. He did make some HORRIBLE decisions
Hatty McDaniel I believe, was the first actress of color to get an Oscar for " Gone With the Wind "
I agree, it is a beautiful movie about loving friendship ❤
Shame about the break in sound but so happy to see this again. Crying at the end as usual ❤
Zipity-Do-Dah
Zip-A-Dee-Do-Dah
Awesome song
This is a excellent movie and there is nothing racist about it. Bobby Driscoll is such a cute child actor. I think the people at Disney do not know what they are talking about banning this movie. They need to grow up. This movie is better then the junk that they make today. The Disney Movies today are not as good when Walt Disney was alive, They were much better.
The DISNEY PEOPLE today are NOT the DISNEY PEOPLE of Walt's time. If he came back today, he' FIRE the whole lot of them!!!
@@larrydeweinmost of their animation is done outside of America. They won’t hire American animators nowadays…and it shows that they’ve gone cheap.
Disney ate Bobby Driscoll and chewed him out. He died a drug addict after Disney wouldn't renew his contract because of his acne. He died in an abandoned building with his body unidentified and unclaimed.
Thank you so much for sharing this. I am 68 and saw this movie in the theaters as a child. My husband had the giant Uncle Remus book by Walt Disney that accompanied the movie- he was older than me. I still have his book and when we were younger, it inspired me to purchase the entire Volume of uncle Remus’s tales in the original vernacular. Uncle Remus stories were among my favorite as a child. And as an adult, I began storytelling and my favorite stories to tell where the Uncle Remustales. Children of all colors and backgrounds loved them because they were funny and told stories of friendship and taught life lessons in a way children could understand. What beautiful allegories.
This movie won the best picture of 1946 it is a good g rated movie. I had heard it was banned for many years. I am glad modern day people can see it and make up their own minds. There is a reason why walt disney is still making millions of money since he died in 1966. His movies are great.
Oh gosh, uncle Remus was an angle with a heart of gold!,
LOVE this movie, as a child and as a grandmother now.
Ooohhh, the movie Raintree County with Elizabeth Taylor is also beautiful..
@@SpringerA1984 The book is good too!
I never understood why every one considered it racist it made me want to listen to his stories
@pamczech5984,
Only LIBERAL-MINDED caucasians dabbling in the philosophies of both Karl Marx and Lenin have labeled it as racist and brainwashed members of certain African-American based censorship groups into believing them.
I loved this film as a child. It showed black and white children could be friends and Uncle Remus was the kindest and smartest grown up there, It showed me that smart or goodness was not based on color. to me it is not racist Uncle Remus had stayed there because he felt safe and at home. After emancipation many did not leave home ground sometimes for generations my Grandpa was a share cropper and although white Caddo Indian and some black blood was a lot like Uncle Remus and leaving home land whem the farms were sold to become a housing development was really hard. I am off topic it is no racist just shows how it was and that black people are the equal or better than others it all depend on the person
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Yep the truth!
I don’t know why people don’t realize the South was Home to slaves. Many went North after the war and found racism & hatred was worse up there and came back. Southern society was different-blacks & whites had lived together since the mid 1600s. It was a flawed civilization but a civilization nonetheless. Better that than chaos. The anti-bellum South has been called the last non-materialistic civilization. Southern society was based on Christian principles. The North, especially New England, was a Puritan/Calvinistic society: people were sinful crap, unless you made money, which was a sign that God loved you. Many of the names you recognize as leading families in America, Brown for one, made their fortunes running slave ships, a fact that gets lost in the racist propaganda against the South.
This is a wonderful classic that should be brought back. It has historic value now and should not be banned because of the time. It has as much value as the the time put into the history books.
this movie is based on a book written by someone who, as a teenager and young man, worked on a plantation alongside free blacks. the breir fox and rabbit stories and such are based on or repetitions of tales he gathered when he worked on the plantation. he worked the same back breaking jobs they did and, later, before writing novels, he became a newspaper man, and he apparently wrote somewhat like the father here. (i may recall that last bit incorrectly, but the way he worked as a young man and the way he was told the stories is a fact.)
That was a mighty satifactual movie. I laughed, cried, gasped and was sad and then happy. Beautiful movie. Thank you for posting.
My mom took me to see this when it came out. One of the happiest movies ever 😊❤
I lived in Macon Georgia as a child. We went to an old movie theater and watched this on a field trip in the 80’s. The half black, half white class of mine. No one thought it was racist then or our black teacher definitely wouldn’t have arranged it - clearly it was historical. Never did it occur to us at that point not to like each other bc we didn’t have the same skin tone.
Haven't seen this since i was a kid (64 y.o.) always remember loving it, and am excited to see it again!! Thank you!! 🧡💙🧡
I am 87. We saw this movie in Atlanta in 1946 with our 76 year old grandfather who told uncle Remus stories himself who had worked on the farm in Virginia at 18 saving money for college.
Zip ahdee doo dah
I loved this movie as a child. It is NOT a racist movie. It was one of my favorite movies
A magnificent film. You can feel Walt apart of the film, running and romping with the kids and sitting listening to Remus' stories and having some of Tempe's pie. makes me wish I was a kid again and join them. Better than anything Disneyco. has ever created in the last 40 years. I know everyone loves the 2 iconic songs. But for me Tempe's "Sooner or Later" has always been my favorite.
I had a laughing place! Loved this movie...never thought I'd ever get to see it again!❤❤! Thank you!
Disney disavowing this film is just another in their long list of crimes against filmdom.
Boycott Disney they have cursed Walt’s legacy!
A wonderful film, in so many ways. Cheers from Canada!
Hallelujah!
A heart-warming story about a beloved folk character. Said character, played beautifully by James Baskett, evokes the African oral storytelling tradition of clever moralistic tales and animal characters. The only people this offends are those looking to be offended.
I loved this movie as a child I am 72 now, still love it. Showing it to my grandkids
Zippity do dah...the best Disney song ever!! My 60 year old self still sings it and taught it to my daughter when she was young
All I see in the movie is a kind old man who loves to tell stories and that's all I seen in the 70's when I first saw it. Tales of life and how to or not handle it. I loved this movie thank you for posting it. Just wish it had during the first song. It also cut out during the middle of the movie but still great to watch it again.
We need more stories and people who will listen.
Beautiful movie. Wish I had a friend like Remus. To much drama in our days!
I've shared this movie to my friends. This story has a great message about the trouble humans make for themselves, what's really important, what we think about ourselves, and whom to listen to. With a sprinkle of the old Disney magic. :) Thank you!
Uncle Remus was wise, he was.
And it’s a Postwar era story taking place after the Civil War under the circumstances of the dilemma.
THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS DISNEY MOVIE ON SO WE COULD SEE ITS GLORY. A FILM WITH FRIENDSHIP AND PLEASANT PEOPLE BEING KIND AND POLITE TO ONE ANOUTHER. GREAT CHARACTERS AND STORY. THE BOY AND YOUNG GIRL WAS IN ANOUTHER DISNEY MOVIE TOGETHER "SO DEAR TO MY HEART" ALSO A GREAT MOVIE!! LOVED SEEING THE ANIMATED PARTS EVEN THOUGH THE SOUND CUT OUT WHEN UNCLE REMUS SANG AND LATER THE SAME PART TOO THE SINGING PARTS. A GREAT MOVIE AND GOOD ENDING. NO RACISM AT ALL!!! THANKS FOR SHARING AND STAY SAFE ❤🙏
THIS WAS MY FAVORITE MOVE!! My dad took me over and over to see it… thank you!!
Thank you for making it possible for me to finally see this beautiful movie that shows the pure love between a boy and his best friend, Uncle Remus ❤. This is beautiful storytelling that should be accessible to everyone. Hiding it only hides an important message of love and the
historical, groundbreaking talents of the beautiful Ms Hattie McDaniel and Mr. James Baskett.
Wow haven’t seen this since I was a kid❤❤❤❤The crap they make today and then take this away!!! I see absolutely no reason for a child not to see this classic❤❤❤❤❤❤Thank you for the upload.
It just goes to show how the black folk were decent people who helped the white folk especially Johnny, this was life in those days however people don't look at the fact it was about teaching good behavior about growing up with morals
People should look at this but not in racist way
Oh my gosh this was so beautiful!!! I’m literally sobbing!!❤😂😮😅
I can’t believe I found this on RUclips. Song of The South is my all time favorite movie. I remember seeing this movie in the theaters when I was a little girl, I’ve loved it ever since. My son found on the internet some 15 years ago,he made a copy for me, was the best Christian gift ever.
A beautiful,story of friendship and insight. The stories are priceless, and the feelings of caring and concern at a human level are right on. You can find whatever you are looking for, and will. You can also find a loving story of people just plain old caring for one another.
I loved this movie as a kid and we had the album. The Uncle Remus stories are wonderful and should be taught as part of our cultural heritage
Great Movie. I just finished watching it, the last time I saw it was 38 years ago at the theater for it’s 40th anniversary, thank you so much for making it easier to see
So sad that they ruined the theme song of the movie by cutting the soundtrack.
This movie should keep anyone with a brain, young at heart, and keep you humble.
These stories were collected by Joel Chandler Harris as he listened to blacks retell them. They originated in west African folktales and were brought to America by the enslaved. They formed a rich part of their culture and it is sad that this movie, Uncle Remus and the tales are considered racist.
This needs a proper 4k restoration
Definitely!
I'm a disabled little girl of 65 yrs young tonight thanks to you
Having a serious procedure tomorrow, now I'm ready to face it.
Haven't seen this in too many decades, it's been a medicine
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This film is only controversial to those who have an anti-American and uneducated narrative agenda. Who is the good and wise person in this movie? Hint: it isn't any of the white adults, it was Uncle Remus who spent time with with a lonely and confused young boy telling him stories with Nature and Nature's God morals so that he might be able to order his life. Is that what made it controversial? Walt Disney was genius, and today's Disney is a sorry shadow of what it once was under Walt and Roy Disney!
CORRECT! At 84 I saw this movie in a theater in 1946 and all those great Disney movies: SNOW WHITE , BAMBI, ETC. I was at Disney in Florida when it first opened and had an Annual Pass. But I'm TOTALLY DISGUSTED WITH WHAT IT IS TODAY! Also, it is SO expensive today that they no longer have the crowds they had in the past.
to be honest, I don't know if it's racist or not, I know virtually nothing about the film aside from it's reputation (which I'm not automatically willing to trust unless I see concrete proof that this film has a bigoted agenda)
Thanks for making it easier to see.
As a little white kid, I loved Uncle Remus, and was heart-broken and angered by the injustice of his expulsion. We have here a move that engenders pity and fear FOR a black man, not against him. Viewers suffer for him. That makes him a PRO-tagonist. Although this might inspire "the soft bigotry of low expectations" in liberals, it also inspires affection respect in conservatives and liberals alike. In that sense, this is movie is "anti-racist."
I saw this as a child at the drive in. I cried and cried when Uncle Remus left. I am now 60 years old and even now I see nothing racist about this sweet movie. Only a Karen would try to ban this movie.
Thank you so much for uploading this: that said I better get my skates on watching this for the first time, as The Mouse House will no doubt catch wind of this on RUclips and take it down for copyright reasons…
Ive never seen this movie. I'm 61 it was most likely available, somehow I missed it. I would have loved it as a child. I am enjoying it tremendously. I would have loved to have had an uncle Remus in my life. There is heart to this story and innocence. Thank you for making it available.
I am 67, and every kid my age and older were very familiar. Post Beatles arrival era 1966-'67, A lot of culture was pre & past 1967, more or less. VHS at Blockbuster in the 80's had it, and I may or may not have showed it to my daughter b 1982. She liked Woody Woodpecker and a few older cartoons but, wasn't much influence by then. Not surprised that you missed by a bit,
There is absolutely nothing wrong or racist about this beautiful film. Yes, it takes place during Reconstruction and James Baskett's performance was timeless and unforgettable . Disney has no right to withhold the movie or say what's racist. Disney is breaking the law every day it withholds it and the government will force Disney to release it. When I take over Disney and make it great again, one of my first official acts will be to give the movie not only a Blu Ray release but a theatrical re-release, too.
And I hope the royalties will go to the heirs of Hattie McDaniel, James Baskett, Norman (the animator) and heirs of all of the other artists who contributed.
This movie is not racist it’s a great movie about friendship.
Also, check out the beautiful movie Raintree County with Elizabeth Taylor.
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uncle remus is the best! Great performance by an African American actor! 🙌🏽- I don’t see racism anywhere! Just a classic of the era
Not sure but I believe the racism is implicit in that blacks are ignorant, uneducated, poor and condemned to slavery to white people that owned them..🤷🏽
One of my all time favorites! Love love Disney, but they’ve lost touch, they should trash the new disastrous Snow White film they’re trying to push on us! THAT movie is offensive! Disney, get back to new creative beautiful movies like this one! There are so many wonderful stories out there!
Thank you for offering this film. I never thought I'd see it again.
That makes two of us!