Song of the South’s 75th Anniversary Is Here!

With little fanfare, Walt Disney’s Academy Award-winning film Song of the South has officially turned 75. The controversial film debuted on November 12, 1946 in Atlanta, Georgia at the Fox Theater. Many photos from the world premier can be found in the Photos section. Lots of memorabilia, radio programs, music and more from the 1946 premier can also be found on the 1946 Campaign page.

For those looking for an official Disney release on DVD, Blu-ray or Disney+, the reality is that may never happen. Over the past couple of years, Disney leadership has made it abundantly clear that they want to bury this film—from announcing that Song of the South would not appear on Disney+ to announcing their plans to re-theme Splash Mountain. Fortunately, fan-made DVDs and Blu-rays have become much more common and can generally be found by just doing a simple search on your favorite search engine. Also, the film is available to stream (and download) in its entirety on Archive.org.

At least one fan, COOLection TV, has even posted a special 75th anniversary tribute to Song of the South:

With information on this film and the film itself now available everywhere despite Disney’s best efforts to stifle their company’s history, I would say we’ve accomplished what I set out to do 21 years ago when I created SongoftheSouth.net – provide the most information available on this movie. So what’s next for SongoftheSouth.net? I will still continue to provide news updates on Song of the South and Splash Mountain, and I’m still collecting memorabilia (now over 600 items!)

Stay tuned for more SongoftheSouth.net updates in 2022! I hope everyone is keeping well and has a great upcoming holiday season.