Queen Latifah slams Gone With The Wind... after HBO Max announces plans to bring film back

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16.06.2020 - 22:35

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Queen Latifah has taken aim at Gone With The Wind.The Chicago actress, 50, blasted the controversial 1939 film, set in a plantation during the Civil War, in an interview withAssociated Press on Monday.The one-time Oscar nominee declared it was time to 'let Gone with the Wind be gone with the wind.' Opposed: Queen Latifah took aim at Gone With The Wind in an interview on Monday.

Seen here in August last yearAlthough the film is notable for featuring the first black actress to ever win an Academy Award (Hattie McDaniel for Best Supporting Actress), Latifah played down the cultural significance of the win.'They didn’t even let [McDaniel] in the theater until right before she got that award.

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