The times of Harvey Milk

Author

Robert P Epstein

Call Number

• DVD 921 M6449T (WSQ)

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Edition

20th anniversary collector's ed.

Performers

Narrated by Harvey Fierstein.

Publication Information

[United States] : New Yorker Video, c2004.

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (88 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

This film documents the life, career, and assassination of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay person elected to public office in San Francisco. Milk was shot to death, along with mayor George Moscone, by city supervisor Dan White on November 22, 1978 (White was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and was paroled in 1985). It examines Milk's life leading up to his death, his successful efforts to politically represent San Francisco's gay community, and the city's reaction to the assassinations through extensive news footage and personal recollections.

Notes

DVD format.

Videodisc release of the 1984 documentary film.

Not rated.