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* OvershadowedByControversy: While ''White Wilderness'' was acclaimed in its day, nowadays it is known more for two controversies that overlap with each other: perpetuating the SuicidalLemmings myth[[note]]Some lemmings do throw themselves off of cliffs, but it is done for the sake of migration[[/note]], and even worse, the filmmakers deliberately throwing the lemmings off of the cliff shown in the documentary, drowning them and then editing footage to make it look like natural suicide. As a result, ''White Wilderness'' has become CondemnedByHistory and considered an OldShame by Disney.
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* OvershadowedByControversy: While ''White Wilderness'' was acclaimed in its day, nowadays it is known more for two controversies that overlap with each other: perpetuating the SuicidalLemmings myth[[note]]Some lemmings do throw themselves off of cliffs, but it is done for the sake of migration[[/note]], and even worse, the filmmakers deliberately throwing the lemmings off of the cliff shown in the documentary, drowning them and then editing footage to make it look like natural suicide. As a result, ''White Wilderness'' has become CondemnedByHistory and considered an OldShame [[BuryYourArt unreleasable]] by Disney.
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* CondemnedByHistory: When it was first released, ''White Wilderness'' was hailed as a masterpiece in documentary film-making, and had won the both the Academy Award and Golden Bear for Best Documentary of 1959. Nowadays, it's OvershadowedByControversy, specifically for perpetuating the SuicidalLemmings myth by shoving them off a cliff and drowning them on camera. Contemporary reviews and ratings for the film are harsher than at the time of release, in part because of the production crew's mistreatment of lemmings; [[https://hyperallergic.com/545742/white-wilderness-disney-nature-documentary/ one article in particular]] likens it to ''Film/NanookOfTheNorth'', calling it an "ethically thorny landmark" in the history of documentary filmmaking. Disney has distanced itself from the film in light of this, [[https://screencrush.com/movies-that-left-disney-plus/ removing it from their Disney+ app as of 2020]].
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* CondemnedByHistory: When it was first released, released in 1958, ''White Wilderness'' was hailed as a masterpiece in documentary film-making, and had won the went on to win both the Academy Award and Golden Bear for Best Documentary of 1959. the following year. Nowadays, it's OvershadowedByControversy, specifically for perpetuating the SuicidalLemmings myth by shoving them off a cliff and cliff, drowning them on camera.on-camera and [[ManipulativeEditing editing footage to make it look like natural suicide]]. Contemporary reviews and ratings for the film are harsher than at the time of release, in part because of the production crew's mistreatment of lemmings; [[https://hyperallergic.com/545742/white-wilderness-disney-nature-documentary/ one article in particular]] likens it to ''Film/NanookOfTheNorth'', calling it an "ethically thorny landmark" in the history of documentary filmmaking. Disney has distanced itself from the film in light of this, [[https://screencrush.com/movies-that-left-disney-plus/ removing it from their Disney+ app as of 2020]].
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* OvershadowedByControversy: While ''White Wilderness'' was acclaimed in its day, nowadays it is known more for two controversies that overlap with each other: perpetuating the SuicidalLemmings myth[[note]]Some lemmings do throw themselves off of cliffs, but it is done for the sake of migration[[/note]], and even worse, the filmmakers deliberately throwing the lemmings off of the cliff shown in the documentary, drowning them and then editing footage to make it look like natural suicide. As a result, ''White Wilderness'' has become CondemnedByHistory.CondemnedByHistory and considered an OldShame by Disney.
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* OvershadowedByControversy: While ''White Wilderness'' was acclaimed in its day, nowadays it is known more for two controversies that overlap with each other: perpetuating the SuicidalLemmings myth[[note]]Some lemmings do throw themselves off of cliffs, but it is done for the sake of migration[[/note]], and even worse, the filmmakers deliberately throwing the lemmings off of the cliff shown in the documentary documentary, drowning them and then editing footage to make it look like natural suicide. As a result, ''White Wilderness'' has become CondemnedByHistory.
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* OvershadowedByControversy: While ''White Wilderness'' was acclaimed in its day, nowadays it is known more for two controversies that overlap with each other: perpetuating the SuicidalLemmings myth[[note]]Some lemmings do throw themselves off of cliffs, but it is done for the sake of migration[[/note]], and even worse, the filmmakers deliberately throwing the lemmings off of the cliff shown in the documentary and editing footage to make it look like a natural suicide. As a result, ''White Wilderness'' has become CondemnedByHistory.
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** The rhino trapped in a mud pit in ''The African Lion''. Unable to climb its way out, it finally lays down to await a slow, lingering death. (In real life, the camera team managed to remove it out of the pit.)
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* CondemnedByHistory: When it was first released, ''White Wilderness'' - along with the rest of the ''True Life Adventures'' series - was hailed as a masterpiece in documentary film-making, and had won the both the Academy Award and Golden Bear for Best Documentary of 1959. Nowadays, it's OvershadowedByControversy, specifically for perpetuating the SuicidalLemmings myth by shoving them off a cliff and drowning them on camera. Contemporary reviews and ratings for the film are harsher than at the time of release, in part because of the production crew's mistreatment of lemmings; [[https://hyperallergic.com/545742/white-wilderness-disney-nature-documentary/ one article in particular]] likens it to ''Film/NanookOfTheNorth'', calling it an "ethically thorny landmark" in the history of documentary filmmaking. Disney has distanced itself from the film in light of this, [[https://screencrush.com/movies-that-left-disney-plus/ removing it from their Disney+ app as of 2020]].
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* CondemnedByHistory: When it was first released, ''White Wilderness'' - along with the rest of the ''True Life Adventures'' series - was hailed as a masterpiece in documentary film-making, and had won the both the Academy Award and Golden Bear for Best Documentary of 1959. Nowadays, it's OvershadowedByControversy, specifically for perpetuating the SuicidalLemmings myth by shoving them off a cliff and drowning them on camera. Contemporary reviews and ratings for the film are harsher than at the time of release, in part because of the production crew's mistreatment of lemmings; [[https://hyperallergic.com/545742/white-wilderness-disney-nature-documentary/ one article in particular]] likens it to ''Film/NanookOfTheNorth'', calling it an "ethically thorny landmark" in the history of documentary filmmaking. Disney has distanced itself from the film in light of this, [[https://screencrush.com/movies-that-left-disney-plus/ removing it from their Disney+ app as of 2020]].
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* CondemnedByHistory: When it was first released, ''White Wilderness'' - along with the rest of the ''True Life Adventures'' series - was hailed as a masterpiece in documentary film-making, and had won the both the Academy Award and Golden Bear for Best Documentary of 1959. Nowadays, it's OvershadowedByControversy, specifically for perpetuating the SuicidalLemmings myth by shoving them off a cliff and drowning them on camera. Contemporary reviews and ratings for the film are harsher than at the time of release, in part because of the production crew's mistreatment of lemmings; [[https://hyperallergic.com/545742/white-wilderness-disney-nature-documentary/ one article in particular]] likens it to ''Film/NanookOfTheNorth'', calling it an "ethically thorny landmark" in the history of documentary filmmaking. Disney has distanced itself from the film in light of this, [[https://screencrush.com/movies-that-left-disney-plus/ removing it from their Disney+ app as of 2020]].
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* TearJerker: A mother osprey failing to save her baby from a wolverine in ''White Wilderness''.
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** A mother osprey failing to save her baby from a wolverine in ''WhiteWilderness''.Wilderness''.
** The rhino trapped in a mud pit in ''The African Lion''. Unable to climb its way out, it finally lays down to await a slow, lingering death. (In real life, the camera team managed to remove it out of the pit.)
** A mother osprey failing to save her baby from a wolverine in ''White
** The rhino trapped in a mud pit in ''The African Lion''. Unable to climb its way out, it finally lays down to await a slow, lingering death. (In real life, the camera team managed to remove it out of the pit.)
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* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: Initially, RKO Radio Pictures, who distributed Walt Disney's films at the time, refused to release ''Seal Island'', claiming that audiences wouldn't want to see it because he was best known for making cartoons. Walt managed to convince theaters in New York and Los Angeles to run it to help qualify it for the Academy Awards; it ended up winning the award that year, convincing RKO to give it a proper release.
* TearJerker: A mother osprey failing to save her baby from a wolverine in ''White Wilderness''.
* TearJerker: A mother osprey failing to save her baby from a wolverine in ''White Wilderness''.
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