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MIlk (film review)

Film: Milk Year: 2008 Genre: Biography, Drama Directed By: Gus Van Sant Starring: Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsch About:  The story of Harvey Milk, and his struggles as an American gay activist who fought for gay rights and became California's first openly gay elected official. Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQNOViU_CnE My Review: Having been recommended to see this film, I had a look on Netflix to see if it was there and was glad to see it was. Knowing nothing about this film before seeing it, which made this all new and exciting for me to go into. The film is about how in the 1970's there was a man called Harvey Milk and how he went into politics after feeling he had done nothing with the first forty years of his life. Showing how gay people had no rights and the fight to show America that gay people deserved rights and changed the minds of many around America! This film I found really powerful when watching and couldn't take my eyes off of ...