Harvey Milk

Harvey Milk was a gay right activist, politician, fighter, an inspiration and most importantly an Icon. This movie charts the last eight years of Harvey Milks life. His life changed history. In 1977, Harvey Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and he was the first openly gay man to be voted into public office. Throughout this movie Milk changed the very nature of what it means to be a fighter for human rights. Harvey Milk moved from New York to San Francisco in 1972 and this

Harvey Milk was one of the most important figures in the gay rights movement. In 1977, he became the first openly gay man to be elected to public office. A year later, he was murdered. Harvey’s story is an epic and tragic tale of strength against hatred, his journey was made into the award winning film Milk in 2008. The movie was praised for it’s historical accuracy and excellent performances by Sean Penn and James Franco. After studying Harvey Milk’s biography and analyzing the film, it is evident

Harvey Milk: Supervisor, Activist, and Martyr Supervisor Dianne Feinstein was shaking as she delivered the fateful line that would set an entire state ablaze. "Today San Francisco has experienced a double tragedy of immense proportions. As President of the Board of Supervisors, it is my duty to inform you that both Mayor Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk have been shot and killed," then adding after being drowned out by shouts of disbelief, "and the suspect is Supervisor Dan White." Uproar. Gays

Harvey Milk said, “If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door.”(Aretha 83). Harvey Milk was the first gay politician that moved people’s hearts. He changed the way people thought about gay people back in the 1970’s. Defending homosexuals from criticism, he civilized them with the people. Since the background of homosexuality was harsh which affected Harvey Milk’s early life, he took the action to process of becoming civilized as an officer, and he left many legacies

A man by the name of Harvey Milk has left a mark on those in support of and the community of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) worldwide. Harvey Milk served as the first openly gay individual to be elected into public office. Harvey Milk left a positive impact on the gay community and the Castro district of San Francisco through his contributions in politics and stance as an openly gay man. He can also be attributed to being the most influential gay individual to hold political office

The Milk of Human Kindness My whole life I lived in fear of myself, until I heard about Harvey Milk. I have very vivid memories of myself as an adolescent, running away from boys who gave me a feeling that nobody else seemed to experience. That feeling was of course love, and I wouldn’t come to understand this emotion until I learned about a man who died to defend my right to have it. Harvey Milk was born in Long Island, New York, to two Jewish Lithuanian Immigrants, in the year 1930. After college

Civil Rights activist Harvey Milk was praised by many, and was influential to the LBGT community while it wasn’t accepted by many, Milk has plenty of characteristics that make him an over all an amazing leader: Courage, integrity, along with served justice. Harvey Milk lived up to being a good leader until his very last day. Harvey Milk was a gracious man, he was never quick to judge a person on their appearance, color, nor sexuality. Knowing everyone should be treated equally, Milk knew he had to put

This phenomenal movie is about the true story of Harvey Milk. He was a politician in San Francisco responsible for one of the most intense gay rights in American History. According to focusfeatures.com, Gus Van Sant is the director of this film. He has directed several other films like Good Will Hunting; according to the site, he was nominated for the Best Director Academy Award. A woman in the film begins the movie trailer stating that, “if homosexuals are allowed civil rights and so would prostitutes

Adam Locke COMM 1819: Fall 2016 In the movie Milk, the main character Harvey Milk is shown to be a leader who, while imperfect, gains a large amount of support in his local community before meeting his tragic end. An ethnographic approach to the film provides additional understanding of the tragic situation, as well as an objective analysis of how leadership overcame huge challenges in that period of time. In the film, Harvey Milk is portrayed as having many leaderful qualities. This is because

be it documentary or narrative film. A person worth documenting is Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official in the United States who fought for gay rights and inspired equality for the United States. There are two mainly renowned films about Harvey Milk, which will be compared for this essay: The times of Harvey Milk (1984) by Rob Epstein and Milk (2008) by Gus Van Sant. The first is an independent documentary about Harvey Milk’s life and legacy with a big focus on his friends and associates