HBO Max Pulls ‘Gone With The Wind’ Over Racism. Actress In Film Became First Black Actress To Win Oscar.

HBO Max has pulled the American classic “Gone with the Wind” from its service this week amid protests and riots that have broken out across the U.S. in response to the death of George Floyd. The company later said that the movie would eventually be brought back, but only with a “a discussion of its historical context and a denouncement of those very depictions.”

“Considered a classic of American cinema and winner of eight competitive Academy Awards, including best picture, the 1939 film starring Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh and Hattie McDaniel tells the story of southern belle Scarlett O’Hara and her love affair with Rhett Butler,” The Wall Street Journal reported. “Much of the four-hour film is set on the O’Hara plantation, Tara, and in Atlanta during and after the Civil War.”