Gone With the Wind After Criticism That It 'Romanticizes the Confederacy'

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was pulled from the streaming service weeks ago.

gone from HBO Max, having been restored to the streaming service’s library with a new prologue about the film’s problematic themes and depictionof the antebellum South.Jacqueline Stewart, host of TCM’s “Silent Sunday Nights” and a professor in the Department of Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Chicago, leads the 4 ½-minute intro, which starts off with a general cinematic lesson — recounting the eight Academy Awards (including for Best Picture) won in 1939 by the “highly anticipated”

LOS ANGELES — Movie classic “Gone with the Wind” returned to the HBO Max streaming platform on Wednesday, along with two extra features discussing its depiction of race in the Civil War era.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticA day after WarnerMedia’s Sandra Dewey promised a virtual Cannes that Gone With the Wind would be back on HBI Max “very soon,” the controversial 1939 film has indeed returned – with some poignant historical context “about the film’s handling of the topic of slavery, and its treatment of Black characters.”Pulled from the AT&T-owned new-ish streamer back on June 9, the Antebellum South set film now comes with two new videos that are part disclaimer

Updated 6/24: HBO Max has reportedly returned Gone with the Windto its streaming platform, this time with a four-and-a-half minute intro leading into the movie.

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pulled from the service earlier this month due to its depictions of “ethnic and racial prejudices”. Today, Dewey confirmed that the film will be back online “very soon” with added historical context.

the streaming platform HBO Max in May, had production pushed back because of the coronavirus pandemic. But now the highly anticipated show, which ran for 10 seasons, is getting back on schedule.“We are hoping to be able to shoot in August, if all is well and there is no early second wave and the studio is open,” Marta Kauffman, who created the hit sitcom along with David Crane tells the Wrap.

Queen Latifah has declared she has mixed emotions about the decision by HBO Max executives to reinstate Gone With the Wind.The movie was pulled from the streaming service earlier this month after film critics suggested the racist and slavery undertones of the story were inappropriate following weeks of Black Lives Matter protests.Do the Right Thing filmmaker Spike Lee then urged HBO Max bosses to reconsider, and the film will now return to the site with an introduction from Jacqueline Stewart, a

yanked it June 9 because of its “racist depictions” in the wake of the killing of George Floyd while in the custody of Minneapolis police last month, which led to mass protests worldwide. Now the network is planning to take its time in bringing it back to an audience.“We are being slow and careful, and I think that’s the right response.

will soon be available once again on HBO Max, but Queen Latifah is fine with it remaining .The streaming service announced that when the 1939 Civil War drama becomes available this time around, it will include an introduction by Jacqueline Stewart, host of on Turner Classic Movies and professor in the Department of Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Chicago.Latifah, however, isn't so keen on it coming back.

Manori Ravindran International EditorHBO Max’s Sandra Dewey has said the streamer is being “slow and careful” in its plans to bring back “Gone With the Wind” after the film was yanked from the platform in the wake of the George Floyd protests.Speaking as part of the virtual Banff World Media Festival on Tuesday, the president of business affairs and production for HBO Max told Variety that the platform is still “working out” a strategy to bring the 1939 film back.“We are being slow and careful

Queen Latifah said she supports HBO Max’s controversial decision to remove “Gone with the Wind” from its library due to racial sensitivity. The 1939 Oscar-winning film set during the Civil War was removed from the platform due to concerns over its depiction of black people from that era amid heightened sensitivity to racial issues sparked by the death of George Floyd.

HBO Max's announcement that they would be temporarily pulling from its slate of streaming options — amid outcries over the film's dated depictions of slavery and racism -- celebs across the entertainment industry weighed in on the decision. Megyn Kelly took to Twitter on Tuesday to decry the streaming service's announcement as censorship of a «cultural touchstone.» ( is still currently available for online rental on Amazon Prime Video, iTunes, YouTube and more.)«Are we going to pull all of the

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor“Gone With the Wind” zipped to the top of Amazon’s best-sellers sales chart for TV and movies, a day after WarnerMedia’s HBO Max pulled the movie for “racist depictions.”Amazon bases its rankings on sales data.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorWhile HBO Max pulled Gone With the Wind –temporarily — from its streaming offering on Tuesday, Amazon has reaped the rewards of the controversy that ensued.The 1939 classic shot to the top of Amazon’s movies and TV bestseller list overnight and on Wednesday occupied the number 1 slot, the number 8 slot and the number 9 slot.

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