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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.
“He was powerful, charismatic, compassionate and gay. After eleven months in office he was assassinated.”
Top Cast
Harvey Milk
Self (archive footage)
Harvey Fierstein
Narrator (voice)
Anne Kronenberg
Self
Tory Hartmann
Self
Tom Ammiano
Self
Jim Elliot
Self
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Rating
7.3/ 10
Release Date
1984-10-07
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Documentary
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CinemaSerf
7/10
•11/17/2025I have to admit that I was completely unaware that San Francisco mayor George Moscone was also shot on the same day as Harvey Milk, nor that both were shot by a fellow city supervisor in their offices at City Hall - Dan White. This well-informed docu...