The times of Harvey Milk [videorecording] / Black Sand Productions ; produced by Richard Schmiechen ; directed by Rob Epstein.
Documents the life, career, and assassination of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay person elected to public office in San Francisco. Milk was shot to death, along with mayor George Moscone, by city supervisor Dan White on Nov. 22, 1978. White was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and was paroled i...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
New Yorker Video,
2004.
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| Edition: | 20th anniversary collector's ed, fullscreen. |
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| Summary: | Documents the life, career, and assassination of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay person elected to public office in San Francisco. Milk was shot to death, along with mayor George Moscone, by city supervisor Dan White on Nov. 22, 1978. White was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and was paroled in 1985. Examines Milk's life leading up to his assassination, his successful efforts to politically represent San Francisco's gay community, and the city's reaction to the assassinations through extensive news footage and personal recollections. |
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| Item Description: | Originally aired as a television documentary in 1984. |
| Physical Description: | 2 DVDs (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby Digital 2.0 mono ; digitally remastered and restored. |
| Audience: | MPAA rating: not rated. |
| Awards: | Academy Award, best documentary, 1985. |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Frances Reid ; editors, Rob Epstein, Deborah Hoffman ; music, Mark Isham ; production designer, Michael McNeil. |
| ISBN: | 1567303501 |
| Participant or Performer: | Harvey Milk, Anne Kronenberg, Tory Hartmann, Tom Ammiano, Jim Elliot, Henry Der, Jeannine Yeomans, Bill Kraus, Sally M. Gearhart. Narrated by Harvey Fierstein. |