Jim Korkis - Whos Afraid of the Song of the South? And Other Forbidden Disney Stories

Jim Korkis has come up with material that deepens our understanding and appreciation of Walt Disneys work on Song of the South and puts it into a proper historical context. I learned a lot I didnt know before, and Im sure other Disneyphiles will feel the same way.

Leonard Maltin

Film Critic, Historian, and Author of The Disney Films

Everything the Disney Company did in its Golden Age is worth watching and discussing and nobody discusses it better and with such accuracy and passion as Jim Korkis. Korkis digs into the nooks and crannies of the most obscure politically incorrect films not covered by the Studios approved historians. A must-read!

Jerry Beck

Animation Historian, Author, and Webmaster of CartoonBrew.com

Jim Korkis has accomplished what Disney hasnt done present us with the facts on Song of the South, and let us be the judge. Jims excellent book should be a poignant reminder that censorship is not the answer.

Christian E. Willis

Webmaster of SongoftheSouth.net

Jim Korkis cuts skillfully through decades of misunderstandings and inaccuracies to confront the positive and negative issues many of which are emotionally charged and culturally significant presenting the most comprehensive examination to date of a unique films odyssey from one century into another.

Greg Ehrbar

Musicologist, Co-Author of Mouse Tracks: The Story of Walt Disney Records, and Webmaster of MouseTracksOnline.com

Disney stories are insightful as well as fun, and no one tells them better than Jim Korkis. Jim truly loves his material and so will you. I heartily recommend his new book.

Floyd Norman

Disney Legend and Disneys First Black Animator and Storyman

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Cover Photo: A group of integrated protesters march outside the Paramount Theater in Oakland, California, on April 2, 1947. Image from the collection of the Oakland Museum of California, Collections and Information Access Center.

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This book, as always, is dedicated to my father and my mother, John and Barbara Korkis, who passed away less than a decade ago but whose unconditional love, constant support, common sense, and good humor continue to inspire me to this day. I wish they were here today for me to give them a copy of this book.

Alice: Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?

The Cat: That depends a good deal on where you want to get to.

Alice: I dont much care where.

The Cat: Then it doesnt matter which way you go.

Lewis Carroll , Alice in Wonderland