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Movie Description
Winner of the 1984 Academy Award for best documentary, this is the moving and ultimately life-affirming portrait of the first openly gay man elected to political office in California. Milk's tremendous courage and humanity, as he fought for the civil rights of all people, soars above the prejudices of his day. The film chronicles the successes of his life, the tragedy of his assassination, and the uproar which greeted Dan White's infamous "Twinkie Defense."
Synopsis
The development of political activism on the part of San Francisco homosexuals is the underlying subject of this documentary, which chronicles the political life and assassination of San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk, who was killed by colleague Dan White. The then mayor of the city, George Moscone, was also killed. The film documents the murders and the subsequent trial and the resulting effect on the gay community.
Film Notes
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - 1. Rob Epstein - Director, Deborah Hoffmann - Editor, Daniel Nicoletta
Featurettes - 1. "Harvey Speaks Out"
2. San Francisco Premiere - Castro Theatre
3. Rob Epstein and Tom Ammiano at the Director's Guild Los Angeles
4. Academy Awards Presentation - 1985
5. "1st Anniversary: Mayor Dianne Feinstein"
6. "25th Anniversary: Harry Britt, Chris Moscone, The Don White Case Revisited, Stuart Milk, Candlelight Memorial"
Alternate Ending
Text/Image Galleries:
Filmmakers' Photo Gallery
Awards
Don White Update
Funding provided by:
Independent Documentary Fund
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
National Endowment for the Arts
Ford Foundation
Chicago Resource Center
New York State Council on the Arts
Industry Reviews
"...[A] warm, well-made documentary....Urgency, passion and, finally, indignation..."
Maslin
"[T]hi is an enormously absorbing film, for the light it sheds on a decade in the life of a great American city and on the lives of Milk and Moscone..."
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (02/22/1985)
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