Every Bugs Bunny Ever: Southern Fried Rabbit (1953)
Southern Fried Rabbit (1953)
Directed by I. Freleng
Story by Warren Foster
Animation by Ken Champin, Arthur Davis, Manuel Perez, Virgil Ross
Music by Carl W. Stalling
“Southern Fried Rabbit” might have the most preposterous plot of any Bugs Bunny cartoon. When Bugs’ carrot field in an unnamed Northern state is withered into nothingness by a drought, he finds a newspaper declaring Alabama is enjoying a record carrot crop harvest. Bugs walks to the South, but is stopped at the Mason-Dixon line by Confederate soldier Yosemite Sam, who declares that he’s under orders from General Robert E. Lee to repel Yankees from setting foot on Southern soil. Bugs notes that the War Between the States ended some 90 years earlier, but Sam angrily responds “I ain’t no clock watcher” and tries to keep Bugs out of Dixie.
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Short Film For You!: Crossroads [Black History Month]
The Torch of Freedom (1962) [Black History Month]
Prior to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Miami was a racially segregated city and Black visitors were not welcome in the fancy local hotels. The Hampton House Motel and Villas, originally opened in 1954 as the Booker Terrace Motel, was the most prominent lodging establishment that provided Black guests with accommodations.
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Anwar (short) (2024)
In the near future a mother has chosen eternal life while her son is not so sure that is for him.
Dinosaur Valley Girls (1996) [Visual Vengeance Collector’s Edition]
An action star not quite at the top of his game finds himself in the valley during the time where dinosaurs and beautiful prehistoric valley girls live.