The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)
Black Sand Productions

Description

Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Harvey Milk and San Francisco Mayor George Moscone were assassinated by Supervisor Dan White on November 27, 1978. Milk's life leading up to his election, his successful efforts to politically represent San Francisco's gay community, and the city's reaction to the assassinations are documented with extensive news film and personal recollections.

Collected reviews and ratings

10 DVD Talk | Stuart Galbraith IV

One of the very best films of the 1980s, The Times of Harvey Milk is an absolutely gripping documentary that works on every level. Informative and balanced, it's also funny and exciting, tragic yet ultimately hopeful.
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9.0 DVD Verdict | Paul Corupe

The Times of Harvey Milk is one of the landmark documentaries of the 1980s, a fascinating, award-winning film that chronicles San Francisco politician Harvey Milk's rise as the city's first openly gay elected official and his chilling end at the hands of a fellow city supervisor.
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8.3 Time Out

This documentary about Harvey Milk's career and the repercussions of his assassination deservedly won an Oscar.
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8.3 The Onion A.V. Club | Nathan Rabin

By the time the film reaches its wrenching conclusion, it's poignantly conveyed the profound sense of loss that followed Milk's murder.
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6.0 filmcritic.com | Christopher Null

One of San Francisco's most notorious murders - at least in recent years - gets the documentary treatment in the straightforward but informational The Times of Harvey Milk.
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