Dylan John Mazziotti

Ethics Midterm
MILK
• IMDb
• Wikipedia
Harvey Milk
• Wikipedia

MILK Notes:
• Milk begins on Harvey Milk's 40th birthday, when he was living in New York City and
had not yet settled in San Francisco.
• It chronicles his foray into city politics, and the various battles he waged in the
Castro neighborhood as well as throughout the city, and political campaigns to limit
the rights of gay people in 1977 and 1978 run by Anita Bryant and John Briggs.
• His romantic and political relationships are also addressed, as is his tenuous
affiliation with troubled Supervisor Dan White;
• The film ends with White's double murder of Milk and Mayor George Moscone. The
film's release was tied to the 2008 California voter referendum on gay marriage,
Proposition 8, when it made its premiere at the Castro Theatre two weeks before
election day.
• Best Original Screenplay and Best Actor.
Harvey Milk Notes:
• Harvey Milk's political career centered on making government responsive to
individuals, gay liberation, and the importance of neighborhoods to the city.
• "My name is Harvey Milk—and I want to recruit you."
• Milk was included in the "Time 100 Heroes and Icons of the 20th Century" as "a
symbol of what gays can accomplish and the dangers they face in doing so."
• President Barack Obama awarded Milk the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his
contribution to the gay civil rights movement in August 2009, stating "he fought
discrimination with visionary courage and conviction."

Other:
• hulu.com: The Times Of Harvey Milk