My Old Kentucky Home

My Old Kentucky Home

7 mins | Animation | June 26, 1926

This 1926 Fleischer Song Car-Tune encouraged movie going audiences to follow the bouncing ball, or racist caricature, and join in on a minstrel classic. In this way, the short joined sentimentality, a sense of the collective, and community to an already nostalgic minstrel performance.

My Old Kentucky Home

7 mins | Animation | June 26, 1926

My Old Kentucky Home
This 1926 Fleischer Song Car-Tune encouraged movie going audiences to follow the bouncing ball, or racist caricature, and join in on a minstrel classic. In this way, the short joined sentimentality, a sense of the collective, and community to an already nostalgic minstrel performance.
IMDb rating 5.9
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Original title My Old Kentucky Home
Directors Dave Fleischer
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