"Little Hiawatha" is a 9-minute cartoon from 1937, so this one has its 80th anniversary this year already. The director is David Hand and if you have not heard the name yet, then it is probably your loss (as it is mine too) because he worked on some of the classics that are certainly more known than this short film by Disney we have here. It is the story of an Indian, who goes out hunting, but realizes he just isn't tough enough and makes friends with the animals of the forest instead. Then again, even if he had that bunny, he may not have the greatest talent for hunting as you maybe saw from his earlier unsuccessful chase of a grasshopper. The animals are grateful they may live and they help him afterward when the boy is chased by a wild bear and again the bear is really only mad because Hiawatha came to close to his cub, so there really are no true villains in here, just a protective bear mother, a curios and clumsy Indian kid and many harmless animals who just want to live in peace. And yes this is of course from the Golden Age of Animation, so the visual side is top-notch. Overall, maybe the film was not the greatest in in-depth story-telling and love to detail in the script, but for under 10 minutes, it is good enough. Go check it out if you love old cartoons. The only thing that bothered me a bit was the recurring naked butt joke that wasn't funny the first time even, but that is really pretty much the only flaw I saw in it. I give this one a thumbs-up.
Review of Little Hiawatha
