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True to its title, The Times of Harvey Milk looks back on the life of the titular politician and activist -- and the era he helped define with his trailblazing career. Read critic reviews
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Operating from his camera store in San Francisco's Castro district, charismatic Harvey Milk is defeated three times before being elected to the city's Board of Supervisors, making him California's first openly gay public official. On the job he meets fellow supervisor Dan White, a homophobic ex-fireman with whom Milk develops a troubled working relationship. White grows increasingly disgruntled, resigns from his position and subsequently assassinates both Milk and Mayor George Moscone.
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Genre: Documentary
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Original Language: English
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Director: Rob Epstein
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Producer: Richard Schmiechen
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Writer: Judith Coburn, Carter Wilson
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Release Date (Theaters): wide
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Release Date (Streaming):
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Box Office (Gross USA): $13.6K
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Runtime:
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Distributor: New Yorker Films, TC Films International
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Production Co: Pacific Arts, Black Sand Productions
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The Times of Harvey Milk is a flawless documentary about on e of the most iconic civil rights activists of the 20th century. Harvey Milk fought for Gay rights in the mid to late 70's. This is a brilliant picture that documents his stunning achievement. He inspired something greater than himself. This is an in depth documentary about Milk's legacy and how he stood up for gay rights. Not only did he stand up for Gay Rights, but he also gave hope to many minorities. Featuring interviews and archive footage, The Times of Harvey Milk is a necessary viewing due to its historical value in the fight for rights and equality, not just for Gay and Lesbians for but for everyone. This is an inspiring film that is quite sad as well due to the fact that Harvey Milk died senselessly at the hands of Dan White. The film shows Harvey's determination and courage to fight for something close to his heart, and this is a flawless film that can stir up all kinds of good emotion. I respect Harvey Milk because he put himself above and risked everythi8ng to do what he felt was right. If you love great documentaries, then give this one a chance. You will surely enjoy it, like I did. This is a brilliant interviews and stories about Milk's achievements. I've seen plenty of documentaries, and this is among the finest and most important films that I have seen in a long time. The Times of Harvey Milk is simply a brilliant piece of cinema. This is hard at times to watch, but very rewarding in the end. This is a film that will definitely stay with you.
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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.
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An excellent documentary. Very detailed look at Harvey Milk the man and the politician. I felt his life was celebrated, as it should be, without setting him up to be a saint or martyr, which really could have easily been the case. A really interesting look into an especially significant period in the gay rights movement, politics in general as well as the justice system in San Francisco. Dan White, the man who shot Harvey isn't painted him as a villan nor are his actions excused and the result is an incredibly fascinating look at a mentally disturbed man, who on the surface couldn't have appeared more average. I was very impressed with the array of news footage and home videos the filmmakers uncovered. This film really made me wonder why the gay rights movement isn't part of the history curriculum, just incredibly shortsighted to exclude it.
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