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John Henry and the Inky-Poo
1946 American film
John Henry and the Inky-Poo is a 1946 stop-motion animation film written and directed by George Pal using Pal's Puppetoons stop-motion style.[2] The film is based on African American folk hero John Henry.[3][4]
John Henry and the Inky-Poo was nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated Short for the 19th Academy Awards.[5] In 2015, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[6][7]
It was also included in the 1987 compilation film The Puppetoon Movie.