HBO Max removes 'Gone With the Wind,' will add context

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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”

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor“Gone With the Wind” is back on HBO Max — with two additional videos that discuss the historical context of the classic film.

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.

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.

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

Megyn Kelly is taking a stand against HBO Max’s removal of Gone with the Wind from the streaming platform due to racism.

Almost every studio in Hollywood has a skeleton in its closet in regards to a film in its catalog that doesn’t stand up to the test of time. Disney has “The Song of the South,” as well as a lot of older cartoons with racist depictions of characters.

HBO Max has removed war epic film “Gone with the Wind” from its recently launched streaming service over its depiction of slavery, parent WarnerMedia said on Wednesday, joining other media companies that have pulled controversial TV shows as demand for racial sensitivity increases across the country.

Gone With The Wind has been temporarily removed from a streaming platform following criticism of its “racist depictions”.

UPDATE: An HBO Max spokesperson says “Gone With the Wind” will eventually return to the platform with a discussion about its historical context and a denouncement of its racist depictions.On Tuesday, HBO Max removed the 1939 film from its library in the wake of protests over the death of George Floyd.“’Gone With The Wind’ is a product of its time and depicts some of the ethnic and racial prejudices that have, unfortunately, been commonplace in American society.

HBO Max has recently pulled the 1939 American film 'Gone With the Wind' starring Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, and Olivia de Havilland as a result of the Black Lives Matter movement and George Floyd's death protests across the US. George Floyd was arrested by four policemen on May 25 in Minneapolis and one of them kneeled down on his neck until he lost his breath and died.

HBO Max from its slate of streaming options amid outcries over the film's dated depictions of slavery and racism, according to multiplereports.Just two weeks after launching, HBO Max has reportedly decided to reevaluate its streaming content, a move that comes amid nationwide protests over systemic racism in American society.The film — which has long been revered by film critics and is the highest grossing movies of all time when adjusting box office totals for inflation — was recently decried

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLess than two weeks after launch, HBO Max has removed Gone With the Wind from its streaming offering. It’s a significant move given the film’s popularity and status as the highest-grossing movie of all time when box office numbers are adjusted for inflation.On Monday, Academy Award winning writer-director John Ridley (12 Years a Slave) called for the film’s removal from HBO Max, saying “It doesn’t just ‘fall short’ with regard to representation.

Jordan Moreau HBO Max has removed the 1939 film “Gone With the Wind” from its library in the wake of protests over the death of George Floyd.The removal comes after a Los Angeles Times op-ed called for the film to be taken down as it perpetuates racial stereotypes and glorifies the antebellum South.Starring Vivienne Leigh, Clark Gable, Hattie McDaniel and Olivia de Havilland, “Gone With the Wind” takes place on a plantation outside Atlanta after the American Civil War.

HBO Max is letting go of Gone With the Wind.

We’ve had more than a week straight of nationwide protests against police brutality in the wake of the death of George Floyd, and they’ve continued unabated despite the many times police have assaulted peaceful protesters on camera, and calls from the White House to have the military get in on that action. And on his show Thursday night, Seth Meyers took aim at those hardliners in the government, as well as their enablers at the New York Times.

Ever since Zack Snyder made the announcement that his much-hype cut of “Justice League” was going to be released on HBO Max in 2021, a certain contingent of fandom has seen their years-long battle as the first win in an overall war with studios. Fans are now rallying around folks like David Ayer in hopes that his cut of “Suicide Squad” will be released by HBO Max, as well as any other disputed version of a film that fans feel was interfered with by evil studio bosses.