MOVIE · 1984
The Times of Harvey Milk
Documentary90 min
Using archival footage and contemporary interviews, this documentary follows Harvey Milk’s rise from neighborhood activist to one of the first openly gay Americans elected to public office in 1970s San Francisco. Narrated by Harvey Fierstein, it moves through the Castro’s local organizing, Milk’s city-hall campaign, and the political fights that made him a national figure. Voices including Anne Kronenberg and Tom Ammiano help place his story within a wider struggle over gay rights, while the film keeps close to the city, the era, and the public life that surrounded Milk before and after his 1978 assassination.
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