Uncle Remus draws upon his tales of Br'er Rabbit to help little Johnny deal with his confusion over his parents' separation as well as his new life on the plantation.
This movie contains 2 potentially triggering events.
A pair of brothers threaten to drown the runt of a litter of puppies. Their sister gives the puppy to the male lead, but his mother does not allow him to keep the dog and it is returned. The pup is not mentioned again, but he is shown at the end of the film, unharmed.
The mother of the neighbouring children hits them with a switch off-screen before chasing them out of the house, switch still in hand, to scold them and send them away.
The mother of the neighbouring children hits them with a switch off-screen before chasing them out of the house, switch still in hand, to scold them and send them away.
A boy is charged by a bull and sustains an undefined injury leading to a prolonged scene where he is in bed with a fever and it seems that he might die. However, he becomes lucid and recovers.
Brer Bear is very gullible and seems to generally have a difficult time understanding what is going on. Brer Rabbit tends to take advantage of this to escape Brer Fox and Brer Fox yells at him and strikes him on multiple occasions.