Ruby Bridges - DisneyCember 

I think it was amazing.

I remember watching this movie for history class, and had no idea that it was a Disney property, having initially aired as part of the "Wonderful World of Disney" line-up. It made me more interested in history, as well as in the terrifying segregation and racism depicted.

Just like most Disney films It was amazing

You need to do a first viewing of this

Please do Yin Yang Yo! next. (:

Yeah, I was gonna say that.

Thanks for letting us know! It's a shame that it isn't really played that often on television, but luckily it's available on Disney Plus! ♥️

I watched it on Disney Channel tho...that and a movie called Selma Lord Selma.

Clearly CipherRage never saw The Color of Friendship

I was going to mention that too (though it may be the same production company.) Either way the ABC movies always seemed better than the Disney Channel movies.

We have come SOME ways. Still have work to do, but it's not what it was.

*Spits out water*

That is just sad :( Goes to show racial segregation lasted for a while 💔

And Barbara Walters, MLK Jr., and Anne Frank were all born the same year. Walters is still living. Schools teach that this was such a long time ago, but it wasn’t. Closet racists, especially, push that “that was a long time ago. Things aren’t like that anymore.” and willfully ignore the blatant racism they see today. It’s sad and infuriating af.

Wow.

That's good!

WHOA

I was surprised how similar and different color of friendship was to facts

I love Color of Friendship much better than their version of Selma if you ask me.

it is pretty strange that i've heard of this movie at all before when it seems so great

This aired on ABC

Me neither

Same

Same here

I didn't either let alone a Disney *CHANNEL* movie.

Same.

I do like the part where her mom is able to coax her into eating her food again, assuring her it's safe

One woman had a doll in a casket and either showed it or threw at ruby in the movie. I'm not sure I havent seen it in awhile

That's 1 that also stuck out 2 me

@ Life in the Light Also, the same little boy who told Ruby he couldn’t play with her b/c she’s a ***** is the son of that same lady who threatened to poison and hang Ruby. I have this theory that the boy was looking out for Ruby in a strange way. B/c god forbid his racist mother catches them playing together and attempts to do everything to Ruby that she threatened (like poisoning and hanging😳). He was trying to be a good friend without being her friend.

Amen!

But when this movie was released, didn’t people also say about it the same thing you’re saying about its modern-day equivalents? Like, Hidden Figures and Ruby Bridges certainly aren’t so radically different from each other that we can start putting them in different categories, yeah? I dunno, what do you think?

@@Gilamath. maybe the difference is how they're promoted. Some of today's movies feel like they're taking advantage of the contents to sell it to people. It's better to tell the story first and then work on bringing people to see it. Message over profits (or awards)

@@shanerulez79 Cue Adam Conover's less than stellar comments on awards.

@@shanerulez79 Hmm. That seems a little contrived to me, personally. I don’t think most movies in any time period tended not to advertise what they’re about or why people might want to watch them. If we want to use Ruby Bridges as an example again, most people know who Ms. Bridges was. The movie was pretty clearly a civil rights film/biopic. And of course, the movie did go on to win several awards because of the very things it marketed itself as being Maybe I’m missing something? I definitely believe that movies exist that are clearly trying to tell an awards-y story but that don’t really have a good underlying process for respecting the people, events, or ideas the story is supposed to be about. I just believe that we don’t have MORE of those now. Instead, the ones that came out in the past were (rightfully) forgotten by most people, and the good ones endured. The bad ones coming out now will probably be forgotten, too I tend to be suspicious of any narrative that says things were one way “back then” and are definitely not that way anymore. I’m even more suspicious when there’s no real concrete reason given for why things changed beyond a vague wave to modern values or capitalism. Our values have always been mixed at best, and people have been greedy forever. That doesn’t mean that modern values or capitalism or whatever else can’t be a reason for change, but you do have to be more specific about precisely how

There you are

You’ve got to love this guy’s commitment

I had my concerns about how you would approach this movie and tie it with 29. Well played.

Yes, your creativity knows no bounds! Only two more days to go!😁

Try singing this people you have to keep drinking water to keep going

Me too, they actually showed this to us in high school history classes, and I remember feeling extremely empowered by Ruby and her family, and their struggles. 👏🏾😍

I watched this for school as well. I’m not sure how accurate it was to Ruby’s story because according to Ruby she initially thought the protests were like a Mardi Gras parade, but it’s still a great movie. It was also the first time I heard the n word ever in a movie.

Same here. I haven't watched it since the only time in 2nd grade.

@@RRyleM Ny first bearing the N-word in a movie was Selma.

This was shown in my elementary school as well but we never finished it cause some of the kids started shouting the N-word...

Sad but true.

When a movie focuses only on the climax and 'the most important parts' of an inspirational historical figure, it's clear like nothing else that the movie isn't as interested in that person as it claims. A much smarter movie takes the time to establish other details of that person's life. A great movie about a person from history, is a movie about that person, not just about what they achieved. An epic movie about Hiroo Onoda wouldn't just focus on him surviving the jungle and end when he returns to Japan, I'd establish how dedicated he was, and show him struggling as he tries to adjust to the new world. A great movie about Witold Pilecki wouldn't just show him going to Aushwitz and skip to his murder, I'd explore his motivations connected to his faith, his family, and his patriotic loyalty. A great movie about Harriet Tubman wouldn't just focus on the discrimination of her kind, I'd establish her as having a likeable and believable personality. An excellent movie about Lyudmila Pavlichenko wouldn't focus on the sexist discrimination she faced like that was all there was to her, I'd establish her suffering from PTSD because it knows a freaking war makes sexist comments seem a break by comparison

@@simple-commentator-not-rea7345 Yes Sad but true

@kaza12345678 Ok boomer

I think it's due to cancel culture. Disney is scared of Twitter.

You're utter nonsense

@@DigiRangerScott And you have nothing better to do!

@@Nonjola Maybe stop underestimating

Deputy: "I'm gonna do what's called a pro gamer move."

"nooooooooooooooo you can't just let a bl@ck girl in a white school" "watch us"

That resonates today with corrupt local leaders and prosecutors protecting antifa brownshirts and refusing to prosecute them for their violence.

David Sumner or it really resonates when a maga crowd can't accept reality that their candidate lost and they loot and burn up their surroundings with no repercussions.

@@samanthanickson6478 I'll take that bet. I will carry a sign that says that Joe Biden is President near a pro-Trump rally if you will agree to wear a MAGA hat in a Left wing area.

Exactly! The more cartoonish you make racists, the less likely real racism and real racists are to be ignored, because it doesn’t match expectations. Showing them as people makes racism real, and makes it a problem that can be dealt with by real people.

Whoa!!

I wonder what happened that made them become more kid friendly.

@@Sammyyaam Probably soccer moms.

Fucking same that disturbed me as a kid and I was around Ruby’s age watching

Same

You mean that hateful woman who kept threatening to kill Ruby? The one with the mini coffin and black doll? Yeah, I don't think it really hit me how horrible the Jim Crow South really was, until I saw the movie for the first time in fifth grade. This movie and Selma, downright *terrified* me, in terms of how horrible racism really is.

The scariest part is, apparently that really happened

The part that probably got to me the most is when Ruby's mother (who up to this point was outwardly behaving so strong for her daughter and entire family's sake) explains to the Kevin Pollak doctor character how Ruby is being very particular about what she eats, and he finally tells her about the woman who every day screams that she threatens to poison Ruby. To which the mother needs to rush out of the room and breaks down into tears. :(

Except they do. You call it forced diversity

@@DigiRangerScott who the fuck is 'you'? Nobody likes the remakes, periodt.

Disney has sadly fallen from grace this century.

Really have to admire that.

Zootopia exists

Don't forget Remember the Titans and it had Oscar winner Denzel in there as well.

Tell me about it. This movie ( my class watched in 5th grade for Black History Month), and Selma (which my history class watched in 8th grade), fucking downright *terrified* me. Both films really opened my eyes to just how bad the Jim Crow South really was. You read about it in textbooks, you write papers about it, but seeing it being portrayed visually to make it as accurate as it really was, is another level altogether. Not exaggerating, when we watched Selma, during the scene when the Black community was peacefully marching the streets at night, and were suddenly attacked by the whites, I ran out of the classroom in tears and terrified for my own life (and I'm a white ally and supporter; however I know from history that whites who supported Black rights were viewed as 'traitors', and got the same life-threatening treatment as Blacks did.). My heart was pounding, my whole body was shaking, I. was. Absolutely. Fucking. Terrified! The point that really scared me was the fact that there are people who still have that mindset.

In the 90s Disney would air and produce movies for ABC Sunday night movies under The Wonderful World of Disney umbrella some did come off just like DCOMs we know today others like this one was treated more serious but still surprised Doug didn't know this.

Finding this out only took me a minute YEAH DOUG. But seriously. He could’ve googled haha

I thought he already did

Sad it was only for a Video Release, with the proper marketing it could've been great.

You know "Tall Tale" also exists? YES! it's a Disney movie.(no joke!)

I don’t remember the Anne Frank movie. But I do remember they also aired Selma Lord Selma, also excellent.

I am 100. And just think- it’s only a tiny footnote in the long history of life.

She's actually close to my parents' age, breaks my heart thinking they didn't have to worry about those things going to school while this poor girl had death threats walking to and from school

It happened over 50 years ago that was a pretty long time ago.

@@billsloanyeah but a blink of an eye in terms of world history. You learn a lot more when you see things in perspective

I was in 6th grade when I first saw this and it really got to me. Mind you, that even at 11, I still wasn’t fully aware of certain scenes taking place until I got older.

Of course

Same here. I was in fifth grade when I saw this movie while learning the Civil Rights Movement in the early 2000s, and that was the last time I saw it.

Same! Although I may have been in 3rd grade when my class saw it.

I always thought that mean lady WAS the principal. That’s why she threatened to report her to the super intendant for not allowing Ruby to be with other kids.

China told them not to. Among other people.

Lord Wilmington NC has some fucked up history. Only coup in American history

Eh, a lot of them don't suck, it's just a bad reputation.

Smart House, Proud Family movie, Kim Possible movie, pay attention, bruh. He likes several Disney Channel movies.

It's not one

He'll be here shortly, don't you worry! 😉

Hopefully

I really wanna see what that guy does with this movie

I hope he does. It’s fantastic. It’s one of the emotional Pixar movies I’ve ever seen.

he's probably saving it for last

I hope he has, and I do believe it'll be the last one for this DisneyCember.

@@sullivanbard well I thought he did I just double checked

As a kid, I thought the little boy was being mean and racist like his mom. I now have a theory that he was trying to protect and look out for Ruby. That’s why told Ruby he couldn’t play with her. Maybe he feared that if his mom caught them playing together, that she would attempt to do everything she threatened earlier ( the poisoning and Hanging). In a way, I think the boy was being a good friend by NOT being her friend.

He once said only tv shows that finish will be reviewed so do t expect Owl House anytime soon.

@@lizbethaltagracia4340 another reason why only shows that are finish Doug doesnt want to do one where the show continues and something happens post Disneycember .

Maybe not. Considering he doesn’t like Power Rangers

@@michaelrhett4958 He will never do Power Rangers again. Not to mention this comment has been in every Disneycember 2020 video till the end of the month. It’s never gonna happen.

I remember this movie was shown at a lot of Elementary Schools around the U.S. growing up.

Did she enjoy it?

Another fun fact ruby is from New Orleans and I'm in New Orleans

He has liked quite a few others.

He does like the first Phineas and Ferb movie and the Kim Possible movie.

It actually was Wonderful World of Disney movie on ABC

He likes a few, such as Smart House, The Proud Family Movie or the First Phineas and Ferb flick.

You clearly don't pay attention

You got that right

I may be a part of the generation that has it but I think cancel culture is really bad.

@@jcheesecake I agree

Hol up, i get those movies aren't Oscar stuff, but they're not meant to be, it's purely entertainment on purpose I hope you can see the difference

Amazing how many of those there are

Me too, even though it's technically a "Wonderful World of Disney" property, it still packs a powerful punch, and more people should see this powerful film! 😍