Disney is a prolific company with its name on a great many successes, and it likes to hide its missteps and failures. The process of doing so sometimes helps those mistakes become things of legend. Song of the South, with its politically incorrect and racist portrayals of certain characters, is likely the most famous example. Another example might be The Sweatbox, a very rarely-seen documentary about the failed making of an animated film called Kingdom of the Sun, which eventually morphed into The Emperor’s New Groove. (Pictured above.)

The Sweatbox filmmakers John-Paul Davidson and Trudie Styler were given unprecedented access to Disney’s process and the resulting film painted the executives in such a negative light, they more or less made sure the film would never been seen in public.

Until now. For a little while at least. After the jump, you can watch the rarely seen 2002 documentary The Sweatbox.

Here’s the film, for the time being.

LaughingSquid alerted us to the video and link to this description of the film from Mouse Planet.com. We’ve mentioned the film before, and you can find some more info via Jim Hill.