Looking at the calendar and my location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
On December 15, 1939, the film “Gone with the Wind” premiered here, based on the best-selling novel by Atlanta’s Margaret Mitchell. Hattie McDaniel, later black Oscar winner, was excluded from the gala due to racial segregation. Although criticized for glorifying slavery, the film has been credited with triggering a change in the way how black Americans were portrayed on film.
