Summary 'Greetings Friends' is a full-length essay film titled after a Disney Studio produced film. In 1941, the United States government created the Office of Inter-American Affairs out of concern for the potential Nazi infiltration in Latin America. They hired Walt Disney to produce animated cartoons, most of which focused upon Latin America as subject, some of theses videos took on health issues, such as malaria, water treatment and tuberculosis as well as produced animated characters as visual representations for these countries. In Paul Pescador's full length essay film, he reconsiders these films and their relationship between cultural diplomacy and colonialism. He examines some of the regions that Walt Disney visited and documented and attempts to understand how Disney iconography is still being culturally appropriated today View more details
Genres : Animation Documentary
Release date : Aug 31, 2017
Countries of origin : United States Brazil Argentina Mexico Chile
Language : English
Summary 'Greetings Friends' is a full-length essay film titled after a Disney Studio produced film. In 1941, the United States government created the Office of Inter-American Affairs out of concern for the potential Nazi infiltration in Latin America. They hired Walt Disney to produce animated cartoons, most of which focused upon Latin America as subject, some of theses videos took on health issues, such as malaria, water treatment and tuberculosis as well as produced animated characters as visual representations for these countries. In Paul Pescador's full length essay film, he reconsiders these films and their relationship between cultural diplomacy and colonialism. He examines some of the regions that Walt Disney visited and documented and attempts to understand how Disney iconography is still being culturally appropriated today View more details
Genres : Animation Documentary
Release date : Aug 31, 2017
Countries of origin : United States Brazil Argentina Mexico Chile
Language : English
