Pocahontas is the titular character of Walt Disney Animation Studios' 1995 film Pocahontas, and the seventh addition to the Disney Princess franchise.
Animator Glen Keane likened Pocahontas to a tribal version of Eve, here painted by Pantaleon Szyndler in 1889.
Pocahontas is a 1995 American animated musical historical drama film based on the life of Powhatan woman Pocahontas and the arrival of English colonial settlers from the Virginia Company. The film romanticizes Pocahontas's encounter with John Smith and her legendary saving of his life. It was produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures.
Theatrical release poster
Jeffrey Katzenberg hoped that Pocahontas would be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Tom Sito served as the story supervisor.
Mel Gibson provided the singing and speaking voices of John Smith.