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Song of the South is a 1946 American live-action/animated musical comedy-drama film directed by Harve Foster and Wilfred Jackson, produced by Walt Disney, and released by RKO Radio Pictures. It is based on the Uncle Remus stories as adapted by Joel Chandler Harris , and stars James Baskett as Uncle Remus in his final film role.
Even as controversy clung to Song of the South, it took Disney decades to fully reckon with its legacy.The movie was re-released in theaters multiple times, most recently on its 40th anniversary ...
While other Disney films are getting disclaimers, cultural critics explain why the controversial Oscar-winning Uncle Remus movie should remain locked in the vault.
Uncle Remus is the fictional title character and narrator of a collection of African American folktales compiled and adapted by Joel Chandler Harris and published in book form in 1881. Harris was a journalist in post– Reconstruction era Atlanta, and he produced seven Uncle Remus books. He did so by introducing tales that he had heard and ...
See media help. " Swing Low, Sweet Chariot " is an African-American spiritual song and one of the best-known Christian hymns. Originating in early African-American musical traditions, the song was probably composed in the late 1860s by Wallace Willis, a Choctaw freedman. Performances by the Hampton Singers and the Fisk Jubilee Singers brought ...
Song of the South (song) " Song of the South " is a song written by Bob McDill. First recorded by American country music artist Bobby Bare on his 1980 album Drunk & Crazy, a version by Johnny Russell reached number 57 on the U.S. Billboard country chart in 1981. Another cover by Tom T. Hall and Earl Scruggs peaked at number 72 in 1982 from the ...
South African song. "Dubul' ibhunu" (Xhosa:[dəbʊliːbuːnuː]), translated as shoot the Boer,[1]as kill the Boer[2]or as kill the farmer,[3][4]is a controversial anti-apartheid South African song. It is sung in Xhosaor Zulu. The song originates in the struggle against apartheidwhen it was first sung to protest the Afrikaner-dominated ...
The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Album. " Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) " is a song by Colombian singer Shakira, featuring the South African band Freshlyground. Co-written by Shakira and John Hill, it was released on 7 May 2010 by Epic Records as the official song of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, which was held in South Africa.