SCREENING:
November 26 – CCSP – Sala Lima Barreto – 7:30 pm
COUNTRY: USA
YEAR: 2008
RUNNING TIME: 128′
DIRECTOR: Gus Van Sant
SYNOPSIS: Harvey Milk leaves New York and settles in San Francisco in 1972, with his boyfriend Scott Smith, willing to do something meaningful in his life. He opens a camera shop that becomes the salon for San Francisco’s growing gay community, and organizes gays’ purchasing power to build political alliances. He won a seat as a city supervisor in 1977, becoming one of the first openly gay elected officials in the history of the country. Oscar winner for Best Actor (Sean Penn) and Original Screenplay in 2009.
ADVISORY RATING: 16 years
DIRECTOR’S FILMOGRAPHY:
2017 When We Rise (TV series, 1 episode)
2015 The Sea of Trees
2015 The Devil You Know (TV series, 1 episode)
2012 Promised Land
2012 My Own Private River
2011 Boss (TV series, 1 episode)
2011 Restless
2008 Milk
2008 8 (segment “Mansion on the hill”)
2007 Paranoid Park
2007 Chacun Son Cinéma (segment “First Kiss”)
2006 Paris, Je t’Aime (segment “Le Marais”)
2006 Best of Chris Isaak (video “San Francisco Days”)
2005 Last Days
2003 Red Hot Chili Peppers: Greatest Videos (video “Under the Bridge”)
2003 Elephant
2002 Gerry
2000 Finding Forrester
1998 Psycho
1997 Good Will Hunting
1997 Ballad of the Skeletons (short)
1996 Understanding (short)
1996 Four Boys in a Volvo (short)
1995 To Die For
1993 K.D.Lang: Just Keep Me Moving (short)
1993 Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
1992 Red Hot Chili Peppers: Under the Bridge (short)
1991 Thanksgiving Prayer (short)
1991 My Own Private Idaho
1990 David Bowie: Fame ’90 (short)
1989 Drugstore Cowboy
1988 Ken Death Gets Out of Jail (short)
1987 Five Ways to Kill Yourself (short)
1987 My New Friend (short)
1986 Mala Noche
1982 The Discipline of D.E. (short)
