Milk was an educational and entertaining look at the slain San Francisco Supervisor

Rating: 10/10 (18 December 2008)

My friend (who is gay) and I came into this movie knowing not too much about Harvey Milk other than his assassination and his activist stance and came out learning much more about his lifestyle and the reasons why he did what he did. Director Gus Van Sant and actor Sean Penn bring this movie about the San Francisco Supervisor to life with humor and much admiration of how he kept going with his beliefs despite some death threats and a couple of troubled relationships (as depicted with James Franco and Diego Luna). Also compelling were documentary footage of singer Anita Bryant and her constant fight against what she implied were threats against the children of the world among others. It was also refreshing to hear that even Ronald Reagan was with Jerry Brown and Jimmy Carter against Proposition 6. So all I need to say is if you want to see something both dramatically compelling and educational too, I highly recommend Milk.