With testimonies news items and extensive film archives this documentary recollects the story of Harvey Milk the gay politician who became a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and along with Mayor George Moscone was assassinated by Supervisor Dan White in 1978.
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Award-winning documentary focusing on the life and times of San Francisco's first openly gay politician. After having run unsuccessfully for office on three occasions, Harvey Milk was finally elected a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977, when the growing political and economic power of the city's gay community heralded sweeping social changes. After serving eleven months in office, Milk, along with Mayor George Moscone, was assassinated by Dan White, a disgruntled former supervisor, desperate to be reinstated. The film traces Milk's rise to prominence and election, his assassination, and the aftermath, when a miscarriage of justice allowed White to receive a unjustly short jail term, provoking widespread condemnation and rioting.
Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. Winner of the 1984 Academy Award for best documentary this is the moving and ultimately life-affirming portrait of the first openly gay man elected to political office in California. Milk's tremendous courage and humanity as he fought for the civil rights of all people soars above the prejudices of his day. The film chronicles the successes of his life the tragedy of his assassination and the uproar which greeted Dan White's infamous 'Twinkie Defense'.
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