By Alison Willmore
When "The Times of Harvey Milk," director Rob Epstein's electric, Oscar-winning documentary about the life and tragic death of politician and gay rights activist Harvey Milk, premiered in 1984, Dan White, the man who assassinated the film's subject, had already been released from prison. Milk, the self-proclaimed "Mayor of Castro Street," became the first openly gay man to be elected to a public office when he was named San Francisco city supervisor in 1977. Less than a year later, he and Mayor George Moscone were shot to death in City Hall by White, a former colleague, a shocking act that would later be topped when White got off with a conviction of manslaughter and a seven-year sentence, an outrage that sparked riots.
This week sees both the 30th anniversary of Milk's passing and the release of a highly anticipated and long-in-the-making biopic of the man, Gus Van Sant's "Milk,...
When "The Times of Harvey Milk," director Rob Epstein's electric, Oscar-winning documentary about the life and tragic death of politician and gay rights activist Harvey Milk, premiered in 1984, Dan White, the man who assassinated the film's subject, had already been released from prison. Milk, the self-proclaimed "Mayor of Castro Street," became the first openly gay man to be elected to a public office when he was named San Francisco city supervisor in 1977. Less than a year later, he and Mayor George Moscone were shot to death in City Hall by White, a former colleague, a shocking act that would later be topped when White got off with a conviction of manslaughter and a seven-year sentence, an outrage that sparked riots.
This week sees both the 30th anniversary of Milk's passing and the release of a highly anticipated and long-in-the-making biopic of the man, Gus Van Sant's "Milk,...
- 11/24/2008
- by Alison Willmore
- ifc.com
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