A San Francisco story of great relevance

Rating: 9/10 (6 December 2008)

Combing the writing of Dustin Lance Black with the direction of Gus Van Sant and a tremendous cast of actors has made MILK a great film of such relevance today with the fight to revoke Prop 8 in California. Sean Penn is absolutely out of this world as Harvey Milk and his performance is one to remember when Oscar comes along. Penn takes such an important character of San Francisco history, and makes Harvey Milk come alive with gestures and speech that are real to that moment in 1978 which the film presents. Josh Brolin and James Franco are marvelous in their roles and so are the rest of the cast.
Having lived in San Francisco in 1978, I remember the Milk/Moscone events as if they were yesterday. With the powerful film, MILK, 1978 becomes 2008 as civil rights and gay rights are still being fought on the battle lines and the remembrance of gay heroes such as Harvey Milk makes the struggle today once again, a sign of hope for change.
Congrats UCLA Film, Theater and Television for providing MILK with its writer, Dustin Lance Black, and for the talents of James Franco.