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The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)

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He was powerful, charismatic, compassionate and gay. After eleven months in office he was assassinated.

Harvey Milk was an outspoken human rights activist and one of the first openly gay U.S. politicians elected to public office; even after his assassination in 1978, he continues to inspire disenfranchised people around the world.

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Cast & Crew

Director
Rob Epstein
  • Profile picture of Harvey Milk
    Self (archive footage) Harvey Milk
  • Profile picture of Harvey Fierstein
    Narrator (voice) Harvey Fierstein
  • Profile picture of Jerry Brown
    Self (archive footage) Jerry Brown
  • Profile picture of Jimmy Carter
    Self (archive footage) Jimmy Carter
  • Profile picture of Dianne Feinstein
    Self (archive footage) Dianne Feinstein

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