FrankT said:
Strange that they wouldn't want it released. What's stopping them?
They would have to explain some of the racial issues the film decides to completely avoid tackling.
Sometimes it's best not to, not many people other than a dedicated few are seriously crying out for Song of the South, hell a lot of people probably don't know it even exists. I've seen people refer to it as a 'lost film' but it got a VHS release.