Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site fortune.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!fortune!millines From: millines@fortune.UUCP (Trish Millines) Newsgroups: net.movies,net.motss Subject: Times of Harvey Milk Message-ID: <4605@fortune.UUCP> Date: Thu, 8-Nov-84 18:47:57 EST Article-I.D.: fortune.4605 Posted: Thu Nov 8 18:47:57 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 10-Nov-84 07:33:31 EST Distribution: net Organization: The Rugby Pitch in San Francisco Lines: 27 *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** Last night I had the wonderful experience of seeing "The Times of Harvey Milk". In 1978 I was a college student on the east coast just beginning to feel comfortable about being gay and I had no idea what was going on out here. After seeing this movie, I wished that I was in San Francisco in the 70's, just to experience the effect that Harvey Milk had on gays, minorities, handicapped, and the elderly. Watching documentaries is not EVEN my thing, specially if it's about a politcal figure, so I went in with a skeptical attitude. Within 5 minutes, the skepticism disappeared. The movie consisted of interviews with people who worked with Milk politically and socially, footage from news broadcasts, and snapshots from various photographers. It's hard to explain the amount of emotion that the audience was feeling, but they were definitely feeling every bit of those events that were shown before their eyes. - Chances are that alot of them were there when it all happened. There was plenty of tears and laughter to go around. I left that movie feeling like I wanted to turn back the hands of time just so I could meet Harvey Milk. It left me feeling proud to be a member of the San Francisco gay/minority community and very thankful that the city had the opportunity to enjoy Milk as a supervisor for the short time he was in office. But seeing the outcome of the Dan White trial made me lose more faith (the little I had) in the judicial system. I suggest that if this movie is in your town or near you, GO SEE IT!!! You won't be disappointed. Trish