Inki and the Minah Bird

Inki and the Minah Bird is a 1943 Merrie Melodies short directed by Chuck Jones. The short was on November 13, 1943 featuring Inki.

Inki and the Minah Bird
Directed byCharles M. Jones
Produced byLeon Schlesinger
Story byTedd Pierce
StarringMel Blanc
Music byCarl W. Stalling
Edited byTreg Brown
Animation byRobert Cannon
Shamus Culhane
Ken Harris
Rudy Larriva
Ben Washam
A.C. Gamer
Layouts byJohn McGrew
Backgrounds byGene Fleury
Bernyce Polifka
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • November 13, 1943 (1943-11-13)
Running time
7 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Inki is an African child who runs into a denture-wearing lion while hunting with a spear. The lion then chases the young native all over the place. The minah bird joins forces with Inki against the mighty lion, but proceeds to mess everything up for all.

Home media
  • VHS - Inki & the Minah Bird (released by Viking Entertainment)[1][2]
  • Laserdisc - The Golden Age of Looney Tunes: Volume 3, Side 3
  • DVD - Cartoon Craze Presents: Donald Duck / Woody Woodpecker: Pantry Panic[3]

Notes and bans

Inki and the Minah Bird was an only Inki short to fall into the public domain; all the rest in the series are under copyright.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

Because this cartoon portrays stereotypes of Indian and black cultures, it is no longer included in USA television packages, along with the other four Inki shorts.[12] It includes scenes or situations that portray potentially offensive, negative or otherwise socially unacceptable content which may be perceived as fostering stereotypes of African-Americans.

References
  1. https://www.amazon.com/Inki-The-Minah-Bird/dp/B000CQ3180/ref=sr_1_1
  2. Viking Entertainment, Inc (1988). "Inki & the minah bird". Viking Entertainment. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  3. "Cartoon craze presents: Donald Duck, Woody Woodpecker : Pantry panic". DigiView. 2004. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  4. Jones, Chuck (13 November 1943). "Inki and the Minah Bird". Leon Schlesinger Studios. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  5. DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "Inki And The Minah Bird (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  6. "Inki and the Minah Bird". Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  7. "Inki and the Minah Bird (1942)". BFI. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  8. "Inki and the Minah Bird (1943) - The Internet Animation Database". www.intanibase.com. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  9. "Inki and the Minah Bird". www.tcm.com. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  10. Hartley, Steven (20 June 2017). "Likely Looney, Mostly Merrie: 416. Inki and the Minah Bird (1943)". Likely Looney, Mostly Merrie. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  11. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Djxnw090EeE
  12. "Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Inki and the Minah Bird". www.toonopedia.com. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
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