
2 Members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Harvey Milk and San Francisco Mayor George Moscone were assassinated by recently resigned Supervisor Dan White on Monday, November 27, 1978, approximately 8:45 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.. Milk's life leading up to his election, his successful efforts to politically represent San Francisco's gay community, and the city's reaction to the assassinations are documented with extensive news film and personal recollections.... (Full plot summary below)
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2 Members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Harvey Milk and San Francisco Mayor George Moscone were assassinated by recently resigned Supervisor Dan White on Monday, November 27, 1978, approximately 8:45 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.. Milk's life leading up to his election, his successful efforts to politically represent San Francisco's gay community, and the city's reaction to the assassinations are documented with extensive news film and personal recollections.
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| Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)Jonathan R. PerryMelodramatically one-sided, but compelling -- and indelible just the same. El Presidente could benefit from a look. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThis is an enormously absorbing film, for the light it sheds on a decade in the life of a great American city and on the lives of Milk and Moscone, who made it a better, and certainly a more interesting, place to live. |
| Q Network Film DeskJames Kendricka finely structured and deeply moving portrait of not just a man, but, as the title suggests, the times in which he lived and how he affected, and was affected by, them |
| Reel Film ReviewsDavid Nusair...tremendously entertaining and surprisingly moving... |
| Reel.comSarah ChaunceyMust-see for anyone interested in human rights. |
| DVDLaserDouglas PrattWhite comes across, even if one ignores his political and social opinions, as a Travis Bickle who used his outward persona to achieve the first rung of public office. The interviews with him are far more fascinating than those with Milk, just as evil is f |
| Slant MagazineEric HendersonIt's one thing for a documentary to claim a person great, it's something else entirely to convince the audience they have an active role in fulfilling his legacy. |
| Washington PostPaul Attanasio... an unremarkable documentary about the San Francisco politico... |
| Old School ReviewsJohn A. NesbitThroughout the film, Epstein keeps Milk's political agenda in mind |
| Common Sense MediaS. Jhoanna RobledoThought-provoking look at a charismatic politician's life. |