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Walt Disney was not a controversial figure in his lifetime. But after he died in 1966, historians started revealing all sorts of disquieting things about him. Disney testified for the House of Un-American Activities and might have been an FBI informant. He was allegedly interested in cryogenics. And he was known to make anti-Semitic remarks. Later biographers denounced some of these accusations as slander, sparking a long battle over Disney’s legacy. Independent Producer Eric Molinsky wanted to know if the accusations of anti-Semitism were true and why they’re still a point of fixation nearly half a century after the man himself passed away.
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Walt Disney was not a controversial figure in his lifetime. But after he died in 1966, historians started revealing all sorts of disquieting things about him. Disney testified for the House of Un-American Activities and might have been an FBI informant. He was allegedly interested in cryogenics. And he was known to make anti-Semitic remarks. Later biographers denounced some of these accusations as slander, sparking a long battle over Disney’s legacy. Independent Producer Eric Molinsky wanted to know if the accusations of anti-Semitism were true and why they’re still a point of fixation nearly half a century after the man himself passed away.
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