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How an animators' strike helped produce Disney's Song of the South

Lit Hub's historical piece traces how labor conflict around Disney animation intersected with the making of Song of the South - arguing you can't separate the film's production politics from its racial politics or from who was on strike.

It's uncomfortable history: cheerful studio lore meets Jim Crow imagery and worker organizing. For writers studying adaptation and corporate mythmaking, it's a case study in what gets sanded off in official retrospectives.

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