“Gone with the Wind” was removed from the HBO Max streaming platform Tuesday, as mass protests against racism and police brutality prompt television networks to reassess their offerings.
Los Angeles, United States | AFP | Wednesday 6/10/2020 – 13:14 UTC+8 | 538 wordsThe multiple Oscar-winning US Civil War epic released in 1939 remains the highest-grossing movie of all time adjusted for inflation, but its depiction of contented slaves and heroic slaveholders has garnered criticism.
No edits will be made, “because to do otherwise would be the same as claiming these prejudices never existed.”“If we are to create a more just, equitable and inclusive future, we must first acknowledge and understand our history.”The show followed real-life US officers on duty for over three decades, but had been accused of glamorizing aspects of policing and distorting issues such as race.
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