The Times of Harvey Milk
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| The Times of Harvey Milk | |
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| Directed by | Rob Epstein |
| Produced by | Richard Schmiechen Gregory W. Bex |
| Written by | Judith Coburn Carter Wilson |
| Starring | Harvey Milk Harvey Fierstein |
| Music by | Mark Isham |
| Cinematography | Frances Reid |
| Editing by | Rob Epstein Deborah Hoffmann |
| Distributed by | Black Sand Prod. Pacific Arts |
| Release date(s) | 1 November 1984 |
| Running time | 90 min. |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
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The Times of Harvey Milk is an Academy Award-winning documentary, produced in the United States and released in 1984.
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[edit] Synopsis
The Times of Harvey Milk, directed by Rob Epstein, documents the political career of Harvey Milk, who was San Francisco's first openly gay supervisor. The film, at times humorous, at times nostalgic, and at times tragic, documents the rise of Milk from a neighborhood activist to becoming a symbol of gay political achievement, through to his assassination at San Francisco's city hall.
[edit] Featured people
The film was produced after Milk's death using archival footage, so that Milk is credited as the lead (posthumously). Other politicians including San Francisco mayor George Moscone (who was assassinated with Milk), and Moscone's successor and now United States Senator Dianne Feinstein appear in archival footage. The movie opens with a tearful Feinstein delivering her announcement to the media that Moscone and Milk had been assassinated by another local political figure.
Also featured in the film is then-schoolteacher Tom Ammiano (now an incumbent member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors since 1994).
The film was narrated by Harvey Fierstein.
[edit] Awards
The film won the Academy Award for best documentary film in 1985, and was awarded Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, among other awards. [1]
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| Preceded by He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' |
Academy Award for Documentary Feature 1984 |
Succeeded by Broken Rainbow |
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