The Times of Harvey Milk

1984 · 90 min · EN · 7.3 (128 votes)

Dir. Rob Epstein · Starring Harvey Milk, Harvey Fierstein, Anne Kronenberg, Tory Hartmann, Tom Ammiano, Jim Elliot · Music Mark Isham

“He was powerful, charismatic, compassionate and gay. After eleven months in office he was assassinated.”

Documentary

Harvey Milk was an outspoken human rights activist and one of the first openly gay U.S. politicians elected to public office; even after his assassination in 1978, he continues to inspire disenfranchised people around the world.

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A deeply moving and historically significant documentary. It feels like a passionate call to action, blending archival footage with personal reflections to create an inspiring, yet ultimately tragic, portrait of a true trailblazer.

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