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A true twentieth-century trailblazer, 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. The Oscar-winning The Times of Harvey Milk, directed by Robert Epstein and produced by Richard Schmiechen, was as groundbreaking as its subject. One of the first feature documentaries to address gay life in America, it’s a work of advocacy itself, bringing Milk’s message of hope and equality to a wider audience. This exhilarating trove of original documentary material and archival footage is as much a vivid portrait of a time and place (San Francisco’s historic Castro District in the seventies) as a testament to the legacy of a political visionary.
Original Release
10/07/1984
US Release
10/07/1984
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Harvey Milk | Himself (archive footage) / Self |
Harvey Fierstein | Narrator (voice) / Narrator |
Anne Kronenberg | Herself / Self |
Tory Hartmann | Herself / Self |
Tom Ammiano | Himself / Self |
Jim Elliot | Himself / Self |
Henry Der | Himself / Self |
Jeannine Yeomans | Herself / Self |
Bill Kraus | Himself / Self |
Sally M. Gearhart | Herself / Self |
Directors
Writers
Judith Coburn, Carter Wilson, Rob Epstein
Cast
Name | Character |
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Harvey Milk | Himself (archive footage) / Self |
Harvey Fierstein | Narrator (voice) / Narrator |
Anne Kronenberg | Herself / Self |
Tory Hartmann | Herself / Self |
Tom Ammiano | Himself / Self |
Jim Elliot | Himself / Self |
Henry Der | Himself / Self |
Jeannine Yeomans | Herself / Self |
Bill Kraus | Himself / Self |
Sally M. Gearhart | Herself / Self |
John Briggs | Himself (archive footage) / Self |
Jerry Brown | Himself (archive footage) / Self |
Jimmy Carter | Himself (archive footage) / Self |
Dianne Feinstein | Self / Herself (archive footage) |
David Fowler | Self - TV Interviewer of Dan White / Himself (archive footage) |
Joseph Freitas | Himself (archive footage) / Self |
Terence Hallinan | Himself (archive footage) / Self |
George Moscone | Himself (archive footage) / Self |
Dan White | Himself (archive footage) / Self |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Gregory W. Bex | Producer |
Rob Epstein | Producer |
Richard Schmiechen | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1985 | Oscar | Best Documentary, Features | Won |