About the Event
Palace Nova is excited to present a special screening of the epic film, Gone with the Wind on Monday, August 31 with special guest filmmaker and writer Kevin John Goff, the great-grandnephew of Oscar-winner Hattie McDaniel. Mr. Goff will be introducing the film and participating in a post-film Q&A as well as signing copies of his book "Hattie McDaniel: A Reflective Life" before the film.
Presented as originally released in 1939. Includes themes and character depictions which may be offensive and problematic to contemporary audiences. Epic Civil War drama focuses on the life of petulant Southern belle Scarlett O'Hara. Starting with her idyllic life on a sprawling plantation, the film traces her survival through the tragic history of the South during the Civil War and Reconstruction, and her tangled love affairs with Ashley Wilkes and Rhett Butler.
“The older it gets, and we with it, the more we're able to see in it. As few American films have, Gone With the Wind succeeds both as historical epic and as intimate drama.” – The Los Angeles Times
“A towering landmark of film, quite simply because it tells a good story, and tells it wonderfully well. “ – Chicago Sun Times
“To see Gone With the Wind on a big screen again is to weep for the fearlessness with which Hollywood once believed the sublime was possible.” – Entertainment Weekly
WINNER
Academy Awards – Outstanding Production
Academy Awards – Best Director, Victor Fleming
Academy Awards – Best Actress, Vivien leigh
Academy Awards – Best Supporting Actress, Hattie McDaniel
Academy Awards – Best Screenplay, Sidney Howard
Academy Awards – Best Art Direction, Lyle Wheeler
Academy Awards – Best Cinematography, Ernest Haller & Ray Rennahan
Academy Awards – Best Film Editing, Hal C. Kern & James E. Newcom
New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Actress, Vivien Leigh