The Times of Harvey Milk

The Times of Harvey Milk is a 1984 American documentary film that premiered at the Telluride Film Festival, the New York Film Festival, and then on November 1, 1984 at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco. The film was directed by Rob Epstein, produced by Richard Schmiechen, and narrated by Harvey Fierstein, with an original score by Mark Isham.

The Times of Harvey Milk documents the political career of Harvey Milk, who was San Franciscos first openly gay supervisor. The film documents Milks rise from a neighborhood activist to a symbol of gay political achievement, through to his assassination in November 1978 at San Franciscos city hall, and the Dan White trial and aftermath.The film was produced after Milks death using original interviews, exclusive documentary footage, news reports, and archival footage, so that Milk is credited as the lead posthumously. Other politicians including San Francisco mayor George Moscone who was assassinated with Milk, and Moscones successor and now United States Senator Dianne Feinstein appear in archival footage. The movie opens with a tearful Feinstein delivering her announcement to the media that Moscone and Milk had been assassinated by Dan White. ........

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