HBO Removes ‘Gone With the Wind’ Amid Black Lives Matter Protests

Actor Clark Gable in his role as Rhett Butler kissing the hand of a tearful Scarlett O'Hara, played by Vivien Leigh, in 'Gone With the Wind.' Hulton Archive/Getty Images

HBO quietly removed “Gone With the Wind” from its HBO Max streaming service late Tuesday amid protests and riots over the death of a black man in police custody.

In a statement released later explaining the move, HBO said the movie “is a product of its time and depicts some of the ethnic and racial prejudices that have, unfortunately, been commonplace in American society.”