His
life
changed
history.
His
courage
changed
lives.
In
1977,
Harvey
Milk
was
elected
to
the
San
Francisco
Board
of
Supervisors,
becoming
the
first
openly
gay
man
to
be
voted
into
public
office
in
America.
His
victory
was
not
just
a
victory
for
gay
rights;
he
forged
coalitions
across
the
political
spectrum.
From
senior
citizens
to
union
workers,
Harvey
Milk
changed
the
very
nature
of
what
it
means
to
be a
fighter
for
human
rights
and
became,
before
his
untimely
death
in
1978,
a
hero
for
all
Americans.
Sean
Penn
stars
as
Harvey
Milk
under
the
direction
of
Gus
Van
Sant
in
'Milk,'
filmed
on
location
in
San
Francisco
from
an
original
screenplay
by
Dustin
Lance
Black,
and
produced
by
Dan
Jinks
and
Bruce
Cohen.
'Milk'
charts
the
last
eight
years
of
Harvey
Milk's
life.
While
living
in
New
York
City,
he
turns
40.
Looking
for
more
purpose,
Milk
and
his
lover
Scott
Smith
(James
Franco)
relocate
to
San
Francisco,
where
they
found
a
small
business,
Castro
Camera,
in
the
heart
of a
working-class
neighborhood.
With
his
beloved
Castro
neighborhood
and
beautiful
city
empowering
him,
Milk
surprises
Scott
and
himself
by
becoming
an
outspoken
agent
for
change.
With
vitalizing
support
from
Scott
and
from
new
friends
like
young
activist
Cleve
Jones
(Emile
Hirsch),
Milk
plunges
headfirst
into
the
choppy
waters
of
politics.
Bolstering
his
public
profile
with
humor,
Milk's
actions
speak
even
louder
than
his
gift-of-gab
words.
When
Milk
is
elected
supervisor
for
the
newly
zoned
District
5,
he
tries
to
coordinate
his
efforts
with
those
of
another
newly
elected
supervisor,
Dan
White
(Josh
Brolin).
But
as
White
and
Milk's
political
agendas
increasingly
diverge,
their
personal
destinies
tragically
converge.
Milk's
platform
was
and
is
one
of
hope--a
hero's
legacy
that
resonates
in
the
here
and
now..
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