Let's get Song of the South into the National Film Registry.

X ^ | 8-7-2025 | Ed McCray

[TexasBarak]

This isn't my initiative- I'm sharing it to help Ed McCray achieve his goal, which I think is worthwhile. I didn't see Song of the South until 10 or 15 years ago, and I loved it. I then showed it to my kid and some friends (they were nine or ten). When it was over, I asked if they found it racist. They thought I was nuts to even ask that- they were shocked when I told them that some people think it is. According to Ed, Disney honored this film until 1986- I honestly thought they canceled it earlier than that, but I do remember seeing scenes from it as a kid. Ed is going into great depth about the history of SOTS, including the thirty years of newspaper strips based on it.

[TexasGator]

Those that don’t do X cannot see comments

[Jamestown1630]

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[ansel12]

I have a good quality copy of the movie, it is just as uplifting and happy as we remember.

[Paladin2]

Zippidity Do Dah….

[chud]

I have a good quality copy of the movie, it is just as uplifting and happy as we remember.

How did you get it? My mother took me to the movies to see it when I was little, and I'd like to see it again.

[ansel12]

As far as I know, everything you find either as DVDs or as an online movie is bootleg, but I bought a DVD of it about 20 years ago, and I have also recorded it from online since then.

Do searches for it.

[mistfree]

I agree with Texasgator, How do we help if we don’t have “X”?

[Leaning Right]

Check Amazon. “Song of the South” is available there on DVD for $20.

Get the Deluxe Edition. According to the DVD’s site, it’s digitally remastered and so would be of better quality.

[whitney69]

Is it any different than “Gone With The Wind”? Or how bout the sure to be ignored Asian character done by Mickey Rooney in “Breakfast At Tiffany’s”? Birth of a Nation is another one that was very racist.

They need to understand that film is just as much history as what actually happened. Would it look right for Darth Vader not to be identified as a villain since he wore black? Somehow a pleasing soft blue armor wouldn’t get the point cross.

Anyone can play that game. And it is just as stupid any way you do.

wy69

[simpson96]

I have a sinking feeling that even if this strategy succeeds, some liberal at the Registry will arbitrarily kick Song Of The South out, like it never happened.

[mabarker1]

Well I must say that the first things that came out of My brain was more like this.

Free Bird

Gimme Back My Bullets

Saturday Night Special

Sweet Home Alabama

But that’s just Me...

[sipow]

You can download the 4k restored version from the Internet Archive for free.

https://archive.org/details/Songofthesouth4K

[sipow]

You can download it here.

https://archive.org/details/Songofthesouth4K

[No name given]

Correct.

[Sirius Lee]

If the file is compressed you’ll need to unzipaddydooda it in order to watch.

[sipow]

LMAO

[C19fan]

The movie that must not be named...

[TexasBarak]

https://www.research.net/r/national-fim-registry-nomination-form

SOTS was released in 1946 (needed info for the form).

[Rappini]

I got a copy of the Disney movie Song of the South, and I asked my grandkids to watch it and give me their opinion of it. Grandson was 20 and Granddaughter was 15. They couldn’t understand my question they didn’t see any racial concerns.