25th Anniversary, new 35mm Print! Long before Gus Van Sant's MILK, which won Oscars for Sean Penn's masterful portrayal of the slain San Francisco city supervisor and Dustin Lance Black's savvy screenplay, there was Rob Epstein's Oscar-winning documentary about Harvey Milk's improbable rise in politics, the unthinkable tragedy that claimed his and Mayor George Moscone's lives, and Milk's enduring political legacy. DIR Rob Epstein; SCR Rob Epstein, Judith Coburn (narration), Carter Wilson (narration); Harvey Fierstein, narrator; PROD Rob Epstein, Richard Schmiechen; USA, 1984. Color, 90 min.
Oscar for Best Documentary, 1985 Academy Awards; Special Jury Prize, 1985 Sundance Film Festival
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