The Walt Disney Co. has started production on an animated musical fairy tale called “The Frog Princess,” which will be set in New Orleans and feature the Walt Disney Studio’s first black ...

Dec. 28, 2009— -- When Disney set out to make history by creating the first black animated princess in "The Princess and the Frog," there were plenty of early critics and naysayers who ...

In 2009, The Princess and the Frog was greeted as a long-awaited milestone: more than 80 years after its debut feature, Disney had finally centered its first Black princess, Tiana. But less than ...

This weekend, Disney releases its first traditional animated feature in years. It also debuts the first black princess in the Disney pantheon, Tiana. Youth Radio went to a screening to ask young ...

Here are eight Black female cartoon characters who truly left a mark. Penny Proud from “The Proud Family” Penny Proud, the star of “The Proud Family,” was a game-changer for Black girls.

Disney animators Bruce Smith and Randy Haycock reveal some of the thinking behind "The Princess and the Frog," Disney's first black princess and its return to traditional hand-drawn animation.

Walt Disney Co. plans an animated film it bills as "an American fairy tale" that will feature the first black princess created by the studio. CBC Arts · Posted: Mar 09, 2007 11:43 AM EST | Last ...

The Princess And The Frog. The Princess and the Frog is Disney’s first animated film featuring a Black princess. Tiana (Anika Noni Rose) dreams of opening a restaurant in New Orleans, but she ...

BlackNews.com – Set for an early release in 2014, “The Secret Princess” – a feature animation film by TransTales Entertainment, is a captivating romantic love story full of adventure ...

There was a moment when Anika Noni Rose, star voice of Disney’s new animated film The Princess and The Frog, suddenly knew the movie would work. It wasn’t ...

Because if a Black cartoon princess is marketable, it’s hard to say a Black actress or any other Black woman isn’t. If the First Lady is selling J. Crew, ...