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Meet Tiana: Disney's First Black Princess (VIDEO)

First Posted: 3/18/10 Updated: 5/25/11

Disney's newest movie has a princess like no other. Tiana is the first black heroine in 71-years of the company's cartoon history. The film is an updated version of the Brothers Grimm tale "The Frog Prince" that takes place in the Louisiana bayou in the 1920s. The movie features the voices of Terrence Howard, Anika Noni Rose and Oprah Winfrey.


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Disney's newest movie has a princess like no other. Tiana is the first black heroine in 71-years of the company's cartoon history. The film is an updated version of the Brothers Grimm tale "The Frog P...
Disney's newest movie has a princess like no other. Tiana is the first black heroine in 71-years of the company's cartoon history. The film is an updated version of the Brothers Grimm tale "The Frog P...
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