Original ‘Gone With The Wind’ script reveals secret ‘war’ over slavery, cut scenes

Film buffs are sure to give a damn about this revelatory piece of movie memorabilia. An unearthed shooting script for “Gone With The Wind” has exposed how a “war” over the depiction of slavery rocked the production of the beloved but controversial 1939 flick. The big-budget blockbuster — set against the backdrop of the Civil War and Reconstruction — has long been criticized for sanitizing slavery, with HBO Max noting in a new disclaimer it “denies the horrors of slavery, as well as its legacies of racial inequality.” However, historian David Vincent Kimel is now revealing that several writers pushed… Read Full Article