The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)

Directed by

Rob Epstein

Genre

documentary film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

G

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 120 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells the story of Harvey Milk, a gay activist and politician in San Francisco. It covers his rise to public office and the events that followed his assassination.

inspiringsolemnhopefulhistoricalemotionalpersonalintimatepolitical

What happens

The Times of Harvey Milk is a 1984 American documentary film that premiered at the Telluride Film Festival, the New York Film Festival, and then on November 1, 1984, at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco. The film was directed by Rob Epstein, produced by Richard Schmiechen, and narrated by Harvey Fierstein, with an original score by Mark Isham. In 2012, this film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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