Milk (2008)
| Director: | Gus Van Sant |
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| Starring: | Sean Penn Emile Hirsch Josh Brolin Diego Luna James Franco |
| Year of release: | 2008 |
| Running time: | 122 Min. |
| Age restriction: | 13 LSV |
| Category: | Biography Drama Recommended |
Upon moving to San Francisco from New York City in 1972, forty year old Harvey Milk gains focus in his life as a gay activist in the city’s Castro district. Gay rights activism turns to political activism as Milk decides he can be a more effective voice for the gay community as a politician, elected or not. Through several elections and losses both for a city seat and a state assembly seat, Milk becomes the first openly gay man in the United States to be elected to political office when he wins a San Francisco supervisor seat in 1977. His many political battlefronts include one with the national anti-gay Save the Children crusade, led and fronted by singer Anita Bryant. Closer to home, Milk has a continuing struggle with his fellow supervisor, Dan White, a staunch social conservative.
Awards: Won 2 Oscars.Another 41 wins & 61 nominations
