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| Sean Penn as Harvey Milk |
After we were refused seats with an unobstructed view at the so-called
“People’s Premiere” at the Castro Theater, a couple we know who are Academy members were kind enough to let Michael and me watch a screener of
Milk in their very comfortable home screening room. What is there more to say about a film that has as much relevance as ever? In 1978 there was the fight against Proposition 6—the infamous
Briggs Initiative—Harvey Milk’s shining moment in his too-short political career. Now there’s Proposition 8, only no Harvey to show us how to fight. Four bullets took Harvey from us and three decades of AIDS took away the leaders we might have had.
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