10 Movies & TV Shows You Can No Longer Watch
6. Song Of The South
Though Disney have made a massive chunk of their back catalogue, both animated and live-action, available on their Disney+ streaming service, there is perhaps one anomaly above all others which continues to tantalise Disney enthusiasts.
The film, of course, is Song of the South, the 1946 live-action/animated hybrid adaptation of Joel Chandler Harris' Uncle Remus stories, which has been massively controversial for its idealised depictions of post-slavery America and stereotypical depictions of Black people.
As a result of the film's decades-long infamy, it isn't available on Disney+ nor has it ever been released on DVD or Blu-ray. It was, however, released on VHS and LaserDisc in some European and Asian territories as recently as 2000.
Former Disney CEO Bob Iger confirmed last year that the film wouldn't be joining Disney+, deeming it "not appropriate in today's world," and while his assessment of the film isn't wrong, there's certainly an argument to be made that it's still a cultural artefact worth preserving.
On one hand you can't really fault Disney for not wanting such a glaring illustration of their own bigoted history to be readily available to children with a few clicks - even with some additional contextual disclaimers - but on the other, it does have value as an historical, academic work.
If you know where to look it isn't terribly difficult to find a bootleg copy ripped from a VHS, but anyone hoping for an official, HD version is basically out of luck.