Cinema Orpheum in the American Memphis (Tennessee) for the first time since 1983. Refused to show Oscar-winning, the legendary classic film directed by Victor Fleming "Gone with the Wind" (Gone with the Wind, 1939) with Vivien Leigh in the lead role. The reason was the fear that the film allegedly romanticizes the Confederate States of America (CCA), reported The New York Times (NYT).

The publication notes that the four-hour epic melodrama, which in its time won 10 Oscars, was demonstrated at the cinema every year for the last 34 years. The picture collected at the box office adjusted for inflation of about $ 3.5 billion and was recognized as the highest grossing film in the history of cinematography. Actress Hatti McDaniel, who became the black maid of Mammy, became the first African-American woman to receive a gold statuette of the American Film Academy (award for best supporting actress in 1940).

According to the newspaper, the cinema received numerous complaints from the sponsors and viewers after the show "Gone with the Wind" on August 11. The picture was demonstrated against the background of riots involving neo-Nazis in Charlottesville, Virginia and their opponents, connected with the decision of local authorities to dismantle the monument to the army commander of the south, General Robert Edward Lee. Discontent of citizens caused "an image in the picture of Negroes and a romanticized view of the old South," reports NYT.

According to the president of the company, which owns Orpheum, Brett Batterson, the issue of renting the tape appeared before the events in Charlottesville. "This was discussed every year, but this time the storm raised in social networks made us make a final decision," he said..

"Being an organization designed to entertain, educate and educate viewers, we can not show a film that is tactless towards a large part of our audience," added Batterson.

Thus, the display of the tape in 2018. canceled.

The picture "Gone with the Wind" by the directors of Victor Fleming, George Cukor and Sam Wood is based on the novel by the same name Margaret Mitchell. It tells about the fate of Southerner Scarlett during the American Civil War. The film featured Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable and Leslie Howard.

Probably, the next step will be a ban on the sale of the book Mitchell.