“I’m afraid I might forget who I am one day” Plot – Lowly immigrant Samba (Sy) starts a friendship with community worker Alice (Gainsbourg) after his discovered by French authorities and told he must leave the country his called home for the last 10 years. Various parts of the cartoon can be seen in the opening credits of the 2007 independent film Spinning Into Butter, starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Victor Rasuk.Directors – Olivier Nakache & Eric Toledano (The Intouchables)Ĭast – Omar Sy, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Tahar Rahim, Izia Higelin In popular culture Īlongside clips from Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat, clips of the cartoon are seen in the 2000 film Bamboozled, a Spike Lee movie about black stereotypes. The Castle Films color/sound version has been digitized and is available as part of the collection at the Internet Archive, mislabeled there as Loittle Black Sambo. It is currently available on video and DVD in several public domain cartoon anthologies, including Johnny Legend Presents: The Complete Weird Cartoons. It was listed as #757 in its catalog in 1948 in various formats, including 8mm and 16mm, in color and in black-and-white, condensed to 3:30 minutes or full-length, with sound or silent with minimal dialog on interstitial cards. The film was available for purchase for home viewing between 19 from Castle Films, the company having acquired the rights for it among the many acquired from the defunct Ub Iwerks Studio in 1941. All about Little Sambo, mother warning him against the big bad tiger, family dog overhearing, deciding to play tiger, notion of them receiving scare from real tiger. Philadelphia Exhibitor (May 1, 1935): "Swell color swell drawing satisfactory comedy, music not too good. Done with a swell comedy technique by Iwerks, and the color treatment is very good." The tiger breaks in, but the pickaninny and the pup pull a fast one, and get rid of him. They encounter a ferocious tiger, who gives chase, and they escape to the shelter of the cabin. The Film Daily (April 25, 1935): "The tale of a pickaninny's adventures as he wanders off into the jungle with his faithful pup. Sambo grabs a skillet and burns the tiger, and he is chased away. He creeps in the house, and they use molasses to trap him. They block the door, and the tiger uses a rock to reproduce a banging sound. Then, Sambo plays fetch, and when the dog retrieves, the real tiger appears, and chases them home. Then, the dog tells Sambo that he is not a tiger. He finally hides on a coconut tree, and throws coconuts at him, until he grabs a monkey's ear, who throws him out to the ground. The dog follows him, until Sambo runs away. Sambo is whistling, as the dog is hiding in a tree, sneaking on him. He tests his appearance in a mirror and walks away, although it was an actual tiger. He sees his teeth, and finds a bear trap to resemble sharp teeth. He uses undried brown paint on a fence for stripes and a paint brush for them on his tail. But watch out for that bad, old tiger." and the controversial line, "That old tiger sure do like dark meat." As Sambo goes out to play, the dog sneaks out the window with a fiendish idea. After that, his mother warns, in dialect, "Now, go along and play, honey child. Sambo's mother is bathing him, and she dries and clothes him as their dog watches. The film marked the first appearance of an unnamed dog who appeared in three of Iwerks' films. This film was created at the Ub Iwerks Studio and released by Celebrity Productions. Released on February 6, 1935, the short is based on the controversial 1899 children's book The Story of Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman. Little Black Sambo is a 1935 Cinecolor animated film with sound.
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