The Times of Harvey Milk

Directed By Rob Epstein
Produced by Richard Schmiechen
Narrated by Harvey Fierstein
Academy Award, Best Documentary Feature (1984) 

San Francisco in the 1970s became a battleground between an emerging, vibrant gay movement and the communities who felt threatened by this new gay political muscle.

The Times of Harvey Milk: Making History by B. Ruby Rich

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About

Directed By Rob Epstein
Produced by Richard Schmiechen
Narrated by Harvey Fierstein
Academy Award, Best Documentary Feature (1984) 

 

A true twentieth-century trailblazer, Harvey Milk was an outspoken human rights activist and one of the first openly gay U.S. politicians elected to public office; even after his assassination in 1978, he continues to inspire disenfranchised people around the world. The Oscar-winning The Times of Harvey Milk, directed by Robert Epstein and produced by Richard Schmiechen, was as groundbreaking as its subject. One of the first feature documentaries to address gay life in America, it’s a work of advocacy itself, bringing Milk’s message of hope and equality to a wider audience. This exhilarating trove of original documentary material and archival footage is as much a vivid portrait of a time and place (San Francisco’s historic Castro District in the seventies) as a testament to the legacy of a political visionary.

Reviews

"One of the great documentaries of our time."
- Leonard Maltin (2004)


"Immensely moving. Combines real emotional urgency with a most compelling grasp of the filmmaking craft."
- Stephen Harvey, Village Voice

"A story told with urgency and passion."< br />- Janet Maslin, New York Times

 
"Challenging, enthralling, impassioned filmmaking … bri lliant and gripping"
- Sheila Benson, Los Angeles Times


The Times of Harvey Milk's Rob Epstein on Docs, Reality TV, and Keeping Harvey Alive on Film by Alonso Duralde

Credits

A film by
Rob Epstein and Richard Schmeichen

Directed by
Rob Epstein

Produced by
Richard Schmeichen

Narrated by
Harvey Fierstein

Edited by
Deborah Hoffmann and Rob Epstein

Cinematography
Frances Reid

Music Composed & Performed by
Mark Isham

Associate Producer
Greg Bex

Assistant Editor
Thomas O’Shea

Awards

Partial List…

Academy Award
Best Feature Documentary

New York Film Critics Circle Award
Best Documentary

George Foster Peabody Award
University of Georgia School of Journalism
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Special Jury Prize
Sundance Film Festival

Grand Prix
Lyon Film Festival

 

3 National Emmy Awards

National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

Outstanding Informational Special

Outstanding Editing

Outstanding Interviewing



The Times of Harvey Milk was recently selected by the prestigious UCLA Film and Television Archives and the Sundance Collection as one of their annual restoration projects. An HD version of this digital restoration is now in release by the Criterion Collection.

 


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Featured Screenings (partial list):


Telluride Film Festival
New York Film Festival
Cinema Du Reel (Paris)
Berlin Film Festival
Antwerp Film Festival
ICA, London
Jerusalem Film Festival
Museum of Modern Art, NY
Sydney Film Festival
Munich Film Festival
New Zealand Film Festival
Melbourne Film Festival
Sundance Festival
Soviet Union National Tour (1990)