![]() Ninety percent of the soldiers were the poor. Being whipped and beaten and lynched and living in filth and poverty and worked to death and forbidden to learn to read.Īnd those heroic plantation owners, full of gallantry, riding off into the sunset to fight for the confederacy. Or invite your black friends over and have some popcorn and a movie night.Īh yes, the good old days of the antebellum south when the slaves loved being " simple minded darkies" on the plantations, their natural state said the brave Confederate generals. Left wing groups and unions protested, picketed, and wanted a boycott.Ī suggestion for those who don't get why people complain about it, is to imagine you are black and watching this movie with your kid. The NAACP fought long and hard with Selznick to get the racism toned down, which was too close to the book, outrageous in its depictions (also wildly inaccurate and romanticized) and a runaway bestseller. It's inaccurate to say that's " just.how people were back then". Blacks were not permitted to enter the theatre, however. The ceremony on the opening night in Atlanta, was on a par that had never been seen before (or since). But if you’re looking to bone up on your movie history, check out the 30 flicks below, with links included.Has there ever been another movie like "Gone With The Wind"? A A year before it was even released there was a massive publicity campaign. If you don’t mind sitting through a bunch of commercials, YouTube has a full channel of ad-supported modern films as well. ![]() That’s right: the site known primarily as the go-to repository for cat videos and things to hypnotise your toddler with is hiding an impressive catalogue of classic cinema of the sort many other streamers don’t bother with, from silent era milestones to essential deep-cuts. New streaming platforms seem to arrive with the wind, and by the time you’re done subscribing you may realise you have spent more money than you’ll ever have time to watch all the stuff you want – or you find out there’s not that much you want to even watch in the first place.īut what if we told you there was an easily accessible website out there with a trove of legitimately awesome movies available to stream 24/7, and entirely for free? This obscure gem of a site is called… YouTube. ![]() ![]() Cutting cable isn’t as cost-effective as it used to be. ![]()
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