The company announced the temporary removal from its streaming library in order to add historical context to the 1939 film long criticized for romanticizing slavery and the Civil War-era South.

Once celebrated Hollywood classic Gone with the Wind - which stars Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Olivia de Havilland and Hattie McDaniel - has been pulled from HBO Max

American streaming service HBO Max has temporarily removed Gone With the Wind from its library.

HBO Max has taken down Gone With the Wind for its racially insensitive undertones. They will, however, bring it back with a ‘discussion of its historical context and a denouncement’ of its racist depictions.

HBO Max has temporarily removed Gone With the Wind from its streaming library in order to add historical context to the 1939 film long criticised for romanticizing slavery and the Civil War-era South.Protests in the wake of George...

Temporary move followed call by 12 Years a Slave scriptwriter John Ridley for streaming services to review content that is ‘blatant in its demonisation’ of race