Milk

Pride Month 1 film a day challenge: #8 Oh what a beautiful film, and what a beautiful man Harvey Milk was. I feel so grateful to him that I can walk the streets this pride month, alongside my fellow lgbt+ peers feeling happy, instead of scared. There's a long way to go still, but Harvey was the start of a movement that has allowed me to have my civil rights be protected and respected, regardless of who I choose to be with. I wish he could see how far we've come! Happy Pride ♡:flag_white::rainbow: 9/10

There's always a danger in watching a film that is based on historical events. While some of the events can't be debated the viewer is still given dialog that never happened and often events that never happend. Or worse, JFK (dialog and events that never happened). Since this story was 30 years old and much of it was caught on video the events and the people can not be denied. I don't know that I can think of a more beautiful story than a group that was being denied its civil liberties by the Christian right to stand up and fight for what they are owed by our constitution. I would absolutely put Milk on the same level as someone like Martin Luther King. It is hard to believe but it was only 30 years ago that someone could lose their job just for being gay. Sadly this kind of stuff still goes on today in the name of "family values" and the "moral majority". In reality it is bigotry. The movie was very well done with the second half being much more riveting than the first half. The movie is made by the unbelievable performance of Sean Penn.