Milk (2008)

Milk (2008) Country: USA Release Year: 2008 Director: Gus Van Sant Writer: Dustin Lance Black Language: English Genre: Biography, Drama, History Runtime: 128 min Cast: Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch James Franco, Diego Luna Josh Brolin, Alison Pill Studio: Focus Features Groundswell Productions Imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1013753/ Available on:

Using flashbacks from a statement recorded late in life and archival footage for atmosphere, this film traces Harvey Milk's career from his 40th birthday to his death. He leaves the closet and New York, opens a camera shop that becomes the salon for San Francisco's growing gay community, and organizes gays' purchasing power to build political alliances. He runs for office with lover Scott Smith as his campaign manager. Victory finally comes on the same day Dan White wins in the city's conservative district. The rest of the film sketches Milk's relationship with White and the 1978 fight against a statewide initiative to bar gays and their supporters from public school jobs.