HBO Max Pulls 'Gone With the Wind' From Movie Library

HBO Max has removed the movie classic Gone With the Wind from its library because of its depiction of "some of the ethnic and racial prejudices," though it said it will eventually return to the lineup when "a discussion of its historical context and a denouncement of those very depictions" can be added.

The decision from the AT&T (NYSE: T) division of WarnerMedia follows an op-ed appearing in The New York Times where 12 Years a Slave screenwriter John Ridley called for the movie to be pulled because it romanticized plantation-era slavery.

Hattie McDaniel, who played the role of Mammy in the movie, was the first black actor to win an Academy Award.

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