Milk

Fri Jan 29, 2010 to
Sun Feb 07, 2010

21:00

Location

Cine Studio
(University of Nicosia)
46 Makedonitissas Avenue
Nicosia, Nicosia

Friends of Cinema Society
Phone: 96420491

Description

Using flashbacks from a statement recorded late in life and archival footage for atmosphere, this film traces Harvey Milk's career from his 40th birthday to his death. He leaves the closet and New York, opens a camera shop that becomes the salon for San Francisco's growing gay community, and organizes gays' purchasing power to build political alliances. He runs for office with lover Scott Smith as his campaign manager. Victory finally comes on the same day Dan White wins in the city's conservative district. The rest of the film sketches Milk's relationship with White and the 1978 fight against a statewide initiative to bar gays and their supporters from public school jobs.

Cast:
Sean Penn (Harvey Milk)
Josh Brolin (Dan White)
James Franco (Scott Smith)
Emile Hirsch (Cleve Jones)

Director: Gus Van Sant
Writer: Dustin Lance Black
Runtime: 128 min
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Language: English
Production Year: 2008

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