Fascism on Film Podcast

'Swing Kids' and the Disneyfication of fascism

June 28, 2026·23 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

Swing heil! That's right, kids, in 1993, a little over six months before Steven Spielberg premiered "Schindler's List," Disney's short-live Hollywood Pictures came out with "Swing Kids," a film that attempts to tell the world something about fascism, but misses the mark.  Still, for all its schmaltz, does "Swing Kids" have something to say? James and Teal examine a film that does have some effective moments.

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