There is no such thing as having too many civil rights heroes. I certainly had another in Milk, a movie that resonated with me deeply. I have spent my entire life dealing with powerful emotions based on the hatred and fear of homosexuality. I only wish I had known about him in middle school or before. I hope that teens watch this and the casual words of hatred towards people of different sexual orientation are not bandied about to establish a crude cameraderie amongst supposed equals.
There could be so many movies made about San Fran in this time period. It wasn't only Harvey's time, though he was a shining beacon of light. Some were controversial, such as the Black Panther Party. Others, such as Jim Jones with his People's Temple or the Symbionese Liberation Army, are regarded as blights of history with no apologists. All would make good movies. For a fun recasting of the SLA, don't miss the movie Network, a classic.
I'll have to watch Milk again, and I agree with what the Czech mentioned to me, that it's a movie you can watch again really soon. Some movies are great, but are nearly impossible to watch again (holocaust movies). This movie, though, succeeds in helping deepen Mr. Milk's place into the canon of American history, at none too critical a time.
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Thanks for the shout out!
"There could be so many movies made about San Fran in this time period. It wasn't only Harvey's time, though he was a shining beacon of light. Some were controversial, such as the Black Panther Party."
I'd say that Milk & his peeps were pretty controversial. Just as Black Panthers were militant about complete racial equality, there was a part of the gay-rights movement that was also militant. Milk himself is conflicted figure... he did a lot of good but he had his detractors and probably his dark side.
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