Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs

Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs is a 1943 racist Merrie Melodies animated cartoon directed by Bob Clampett.[1] The short was released on January 16, 1943.[2]

The film is an all-black parody of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale Snow White, known to its audience from the popular 1937 Walt Disney animated feature Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The stylistic portrayal of the characters is an example of "darky" iconography, which was widely accepted in American society at the time. As such, it is one of the most controversial cartoons in the classic Warner Brothers library, being one of the Censored Eleven. The cartoon has been rarely seen on television, and has never been officially released on home video.