Inkuru ya The Thief and the Cobbler yatangiye mu myaka ya 1960, ubwo umunyabugeni n’umuyobozi wa filime w’Umwongereza-Umukanada Richard Williams yatangiraga kuyitekerezaho. Williams yari afite inzozi zo gukora filime ya animasiyo iruta izari zarigeze zibaho, ifite amashusho yihariye kandi akorwa n’intoki.
Mu 1964 ni bwo yatangiye kuyikoraho ku mugaragaro. Icyakora, uburyo yashakaga ko buri gice gikorerwa mu bwitonzi bukomeye bwatumye umushinga ugenda utinda. Hari amashusho imwe n’imwe yafataga amezi menshi kugira ngo arangire, kuko buri kantu kashushanywaga n’intoki.
Mu myaka yakurikiyeho, ikibazo cy’amafaranga cyakomeje kubangamira uwo mushinga. Kenshi ibikorwa byarahagararaga kubera kubura ubushobozi bwo gukomeza kwishyura abakozi n’abashushanyi.
Mu myaka ya 1990, nyuma y’uko Richard Williams ananiwe kurangiza filime ku gihe cyari cyumvikanyweho n’abashoramari, yambuwe uburenganzira bwo kuyiyobora.
Abandi bayobozi n’ibigo bya sinema ni bo bayisoje mu buryo butandukanye n’uko yari yarabyifuzaga.
Mu 1993, filime yasohowe ku isoko ku mazina atandukanye, harimo The Princess and the Cobbler ndetse na Arabian Knight, ariko ntiyakiriwe neza haba n’abasesenguzi cyangwa abafana ba sinema.
Nubwo yasohotse nyuma y’imyaka irenga 30 itangiye gukorwa, benshi bavuga ko itigeze igaragaza neza icyerekezo cya Richard Williams kubera impinduka nyinshi zakozwe nyuma yo kumwambura umushinga.
Nyuma y’igihe, abakunzi ba sinema n’abahanga mu bya animasiyo bakoze ubushakashatsi ku nyandiko n’amashusho bya mbere bya Williams, maze bashyiraho verisiyo yegereye uko yari yarayitekereje, izwi nka The Recobbled Cut. Nubwo itigeze isohoka nk’ikorwa ryemewe n’inganda za sinema, yafashije abantu benshi kubona ubuhanga n’inzozi yari afite.
Uyu munsi, The Thief and the Cobbler yigwa mu mashuri yigisha animasiyo nk’urugero rw’umushinga wari ufite icyerekezo gikomeye ariko wahuye n’ibibazo by’igihe, amafaranga n’imiyoborere.
Amateka ya The Thief and the Cobbler agaragaza ko kugira igitekerezo gikomeye bidahagije kugira ngo umushinga utsinde. Iyo filime yamaze imyaka irenga 30 ikorwa mbere yo gusohoka, iba imwe mu mishinga yatinze kurusha iyindi mu mateka ya sinema.
Nubwo itageze ku ntsinzi yari yitezwe, yasize isomo rikomeye ku bakora filime ku gaciro ko guhuza ubuhanzi, igihe n’ubushobozi bwo kurangiza umushinga.