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The Times of Harvey Milk

The Times of Harvey Milk (1983)

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A documentary portrait of San Francisco's first openly gay politician, city supervisor Harvey Milk, The Times of Harvey Milk might not have been made but for the tragic circumstances of Milk's death. On November 27, 1978, Dan White, a former city supervisor who was desperate to regain his post, entered City Hall with a gun and murdered both San Francisco's mayor, George Moscone, and Milk. At the trial, White's lawyer skillfully turned the jury's attention away from his client's public anti-gay

Jun 8, 2004

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a finely structured and deeply moving portrait of not just a man, but, as the title suggests, the times in which he lived and how he affected, and was affected by, them

March 28, 2011 Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk
Q Network Film Desk

Harvey Milk's impact on the pulse of modern day politics still resonates today, and The Times of Harvey Milk reminds us why.

March 25, 2011 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine

Thought-provoking look at a charismatic politician's life.

December 31, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media

A lot has happened in the 25 years between Rob Epstein's Oscar-winning 1984 documentary and Gus Van Sant's biopic, but the subject of the nation's signal gay rights leader is as relevant as ever.

February 12, 2009 Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly
L.A. Weekly

Superb documentary about slain political activist Harvey Milk.

December 8, 2008 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Throughout the film, Epstein keeps Milk's political agenda in mind

November 22, 2008 Full Review Source: Old School Reviews

...tremendously entertaining and surprisingly moving...

November 5, 2008 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews
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White comes across, even if one ignores his political and social opinions, as a Travis Bickle who used his outward persona to achieve the first rung of public office. The interviews with him are far more fascinating than those with Milk, just as evil is f

June 15, 2007

A chronicle of a significant chapter in gay history as well as a portrait of an endearing figure.

January 9, 2007 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com
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Must-see for anyone interested in human rights.

July 23, 2004
Reel.com

A richly detailed film that takes the story beyond White to create a vivid impression of a specific time and place.

June 25, 2004 Full Review Source: Creative Loafing
Creative Loafing

A historical document that turns its subject matter into a clear plea for civic activism, The Times of Harvey Milk is a model documentary.

June 4, 2004 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine
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Having seen Milk before watching this; the first film to win Best Documentary at the Academy Awards, I was already ingratiated to the image and personality of the first openly gay politician in American history. Penn paints a picture of a working Joe, staunchly oppressed by the political standards towards sexuality in his early days as a Wall Street broker, his relationships and personal life on display as a way to show his human side to a general audience. This documentary focuses on Milk's aspirations as a leader and less on his life outside of that world. The documentary also doesn't quite showcase the role of Anita Bryant in Prop 6, instead showing a lot of archived footage from newscasts and interviews with Briggs. We're given a small view of Milk, painting him as a responsible and justified politician, and not this multi-sided, intensely savage and yet peacemaker icon, his death more of a sacrilege than an assassination. The brutality of his death and the imagery of the candlelit march resonant better than a filmed sequence of events like in Milk. This is a tale of human rights being exemplified in the Castro district of San Francisco. This is about hatred, chaos, revenge, anarchy, the final resolution between the different peoples of the large scale cityscape, and the fact that discrimination reaches between race, sexual orientation, the disabled, and elderly, and it's all fear turned in on itself. Scary to watch, especially towards the end, if you're not crying or welled with emotion, there is something missing from your movie watching experience.
August 12, 2010
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