John Henry (2000 film)

John Henry
Directed byMark Henn (director), Robert Ty Stanton (art direction)
Story byShirley Pierce (screenplay) and Broose Johnson and Tim Hodge (story supervisor)
Based onJohn Henry
Produced bySteven Keller
StarringAlfre Woodard
Geoffrey Jones
Narrated byAlfre Woodard
Edited byBeth Collins-Stegmaier (animation editor)
Music byStephen James Taylor
Animation byBarry Temple
Theodore Ty
Layouts byAndrew Edward Harkness
Backgrounds byPeter Raymundo
Kevin A. Barber
Janelle C. Bell-Martin
James W. Elston
Production
company
Distributed byBuena Vista Pictures
Release date
  • October 30, 2000 (2000-10-30)
Running time
10 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

John Henry is an animation short film from Walt Disney Animation Studios directed by Mark Henn, released on October 30, 2000.

The short is based on African American folk hero John Henry.[1]

  1. ^ Hill, Jim (February 22, 2001). "A black hero comes up short". Orlando Weekly. Euclid Media Group. Retrieved November 8, 2015.