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Oscars venue to remove statues commemorating racist legacy of filmmaker D.W. Griffith
Oscars venue, rejecting the legacy of D.W. Griffith.The Los Angeles Times reports that the new owners of the Hollywood & Highland shopping centre are removing the statues and “all of the faux Mesopotamian elements” as part of a new makeover.The elephant statues were used on the set of the 1916 film Intolerance, directed by D.W.
