SHOW NOTES:

Sources for the whole season:

Walt Disney by Neal Gabler

Disney's Most Notorious Film: Race, Convergence, and the Hidden Histories of Song of the South By Jason Sperb

Birth of an Industry by Nicholas Sammond

Stony the Road by Henry Louis Gates Jr.

White Screens/Black Images by James Snead

Slow Fade to Black by Thomas Cripps

Making Movies Black by Thomas Cripps

Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams: The Story of Black Hollywood by Donald Bogle



Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films by Donald Bogle

Joel Chandler Harris: A Biography and Critical Study by Bruce R. Bickley Jr.



Sources specific to this episode:

Who’s Afraid of the Song of the South by Jim Korkis

“What’s the Historical Background of ‘Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah’?” by Debi Simons, September 10, 2018, https://www.behind-the-music.com

“10 Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah Facts About Song of the South” by Stacy Conradt, November 12, 2016, http://mentalfloss.com

Diversity in Disney Films: Critical Essays by Johnson Cheu

“The Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and the American Way of Life” by Steven Watts, The Hollywood Reporter, April 22, 2019



Music:

The music used in this episode, with the exception of the intro and outro, was sourced from royalty-free music libraries and licensed music collections. The intro includes a clip from the film Casablanca. The outro song this week is “Controversy” by Prince.

Excerpts from the following songs were used throughout the episode:

Laurent Edmond Gaston Bacri & Jean-Louis Négro - Snow White & The Dwarves

Laurent Edmond Gaston Bacri & Jean-Louis Négro - Tic Tock Clock

Johnny Pearson - Disney Land

Frank Bernard Woodbridge - Creepy Corner Ghost

Jahzzar - Railroad's Whiskey Co

Paul Martin Pritchard - Wandering Nights

Daniel Horacio Diaz - Fancy Footwalk

John Greaves - Serie Noir

Gooding, Charlie H. Bisharat & Jennifer Anne Wood - The Late War

Joel Vandroogenbroeck - Ghost Town

Joel Vandroogenbroeck - Chain Production

Marc-Olivier Nicolas Dupin - Lola Lola

Alexandre Stephane Rusian Toukaeff, Baptiste Vayer - Serene Pastoral Folk Blues

Daryl Neil Alexander Griffith - Freestylin'

Daniel Horacio Diaz - The Setup

Prince - Controversy

Credits:



This episode was written, narrated and produced by Karina Longworth.

Editor: Jared O'Connell.



Research and production assistant: Lindsey D. Schoenholtz.



Social media assistant: Brendan Whalen.



Logo design: Teddy Blanks.