'Song of the South': 14 facts about Disney's most controversial movie as its tie-in Splash Mountain officially gives way to a new ride.

Song of the South centers around a seven-year-old boy named Johnny (Bobby Driscoll, who also provided the voice of Peter Pan in the 1953 Disney movie.) Johnny is sent to his grandmother’s ...

The last time Song of the South was released officially was in 2000, when it was reissued on VHS in the U.K. However, the movie has never been released in full onto DVD or Blu-Ray and will not ...

Yet the movie, still beloved by many, lives on. “Song of the South” is easily viewed on the internet either in whole or in pieces, and numerous websites offer versions of the movie or ...

Song of the South focuses on a young boy named Johnny who has traveled with his parents from Atlanta to his grandmother’s plantation ... Song of the South is still very much a live action movie.

Whether or not Song of the South holds historical, social or educational importance remains a thorny topic for scholars, activists and cultural critics, particularly in the Black community. “It ...

“Song of the South” inspired Splash Mountain, which many people aren’t aware of. The ride was created in the ’80s, and by then you’d think Disney might have rethought utilizing such a ...

Splash Mountain will close at Disneyland and Disney World to scrub Song of the South from Disney’s legacy. But after Walt Disney’s animated film courted controversy, the company quietly remade ...

started a “Song of the South” fan site in 1999 to showcase memorabilia. He soon expanded it into a clearinghouse for information on the movie that now averages more than 800 hits a day and ...

These days, Disney doesn’t acknowledge Song of the South, the movie Splash Mountain was built around. The film has never gotten a digital release and isn’t officially available for streaming.

Disneyland officials confirmed that a lyric from the song was removed from the parade’s soundtrack but declined to comment further. “Song of the South,” which Disney chairman Bob Iger told ...