Uncle Tom's Cabaña

Uncle Tom's Cabana
Theatrical poster
Directed byTex Avery
Story byHeck Allen
Produced byFred Quimby
StarringPaul Frees
Sara Berner
Imogene Lynn
Music byScott Bradley
Animation by
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • July 19, 1947 (1947-07-19)
Running time
8 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Uncle Tom's Cabaña is a 1947 American animated short film directed by Tex Avery. The short is a parody of Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, and is Avery's second parody of the novel, the first being Uncle Tom's Bungalow in 1937 while at Warner Bros. Cartoons.

The cartoon was well-received by the film press in 1947, but was fiercely criticized by an African-American weekly newspaper on its re-release in 1954, which, seven years after the cartoon's first release, accused the film of inflaming racial misunderstanding. The short was later banned from television airings.