Blu-ray
The times of Harvey Milk
Edition
DVD special ed.
Languages
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Narrator, Harvey Fierstein.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2011]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (88 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (unpaged : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm.)
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
A true twentieth century trailblazer, 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.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1984.
Special features: audio commentary ; interview clips not used in the film ; original theatrical trailer ; new interview with documentary filmmaker Jon Else ; new program about The times of Harvey Milk and Gus Van Sant's Milk ; rare collection of audio and video recordings of Milk ; excerpts from Epstein's research tapes ; footage from the film's Castro Theatre premiere and the 1984 Academy Awards ; panel discussion on Supervisor Dan White's trial ; excerpts from the 25th anniversary commemoration of Milk's and Mayor George Moscone's assassinations.
Subjects
- Gay men > California > San Francisco > Biography.
- Gay politicians > California > San Francisco > Biography.
- Politicians > California > San Francisco > Biography.
- Gay liberation movement > California > San Francisco.
- Homosexuality > United States.
- Assassination > California > San Francisco.
- San Francisco (Calif.) > Biography.
- San Francisco (Calif.) > Politics and government.
- Milk, Harvey.