Episode 1 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (David Hand, 1937)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (David Hand, 1937).

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (David Hand, 1937).

Welcome to the Fantasy/Animation podcast! In each episode, Chris and Alex look in detail at a film or television show, taking listeners on a journey through the intersection between fantasy cinema and the medium of animation. Available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify and many of your favourite podcast hosting platforms!

In this inaugural podcast, Chris and Alex discuss Walt Disney’s first feature-length animated cartoon Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (David Hand, 1937).

Suggested Readings

  • Pallant, Chris. 2010. “Disney-Formalism: Rethinking ‘Classic Disney’.’’ animation: an interdisciplinary journal 5, no 3. (December): 341-352.

  • Wells, Paul. 1998. Understanding Animation. London: Routledge.

  • Zipes, Jack. 1996. “Breaking the Disney Spell.” In From Mickey Mouse to Mermaid: The Politics of Film, Gender, and Culture, edited by Elizabeth Bell, Lynda Haas and Laura Sells, 21-42. Indiana: Indiana University Press.

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