Milk
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Milk is the new movie that won Sean Penn his second Oscar.
Harvey Milk was San Francisco County Supervisor who along with Mayor Moscone was assassinated by a former Supervisor Dan White. Milk was the first openly gay man elected to public office. He came into around the time of Anita Bryant's fight against anti-gay discrimination law in Miami, Florida.
Sean Penn is very good and deserves his Oscar. The supporting cast is also good with Josh Brolin doing a very good job as Dan White.
There is one false note I found in the movie. San Francisco had gone from electing its supervisors by district instead of at large. Milk is shown as being surprised when he finds the new district is a very good fit for him.. My suspicion is that Milk and his allies were keeping a very strong eye on this whole process and were not at all surprised at the district that was created.
Dan White was found guilty only of manslaughter and served a very short sentence. He served his sentence and later returned to San Francisco and killed himself.
I found that movie does not mention AIDS which was to do huge damage to the Sand Francisco gay community.
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