Oct 07, 1984
90 min
Full-HD

The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)

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.

Category

Documentary

Country

United States of America

Companies

UCLA School of Film and Television Black Sand Productions pacific arts

Harvey Milk

Himself (archive footage)

Harvey Fierstein

Narrator (voice)

Anne Kronenberg

Herself

Tory Hartmann

Herself

Tom Ammiano

Himself

Jim Elliot

Himself

Henry Der

Himself

Jeannine Yeomans

Herself

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