148: “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah,” Minstrels in Hollywood and The Oscars (Six Degrees of Song of the South, Episode 3)

148: “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah,” Minstrels in Hollyw...

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149: White Allies and the Blacklist: Maurice Rapf (Six Degrees of Song of the South, Episode 4)

Concerned that his movie about a former slave devoting his life to a white child’s emotional needs might be perceived as racist, Walt Disney hired known Communist Maurice Rapf to rewrite Song of the South. Rapf, the son of an MGM exec, was radicalized as a college student, and sh ...  Afficher plus

150: Blaxploitation and the White Backlash (Six Degrees of Song of the South, Episode 5)

Song of the South’s most successful re-release came in 1972 at a time when Hollywood was dealing with race by making two very different kinds of movies: Blaxploitation films, which gave black audiences a chance to see black characters triumph against white authority figures; and ...  Afficher plus

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