‘Milk’, Academy awarded biopic on the life of gay rights activist and politician Harvey Milk will be screened at 6 pm on June 30 at the American Center, Galle Road, Colombo-3.
Directed by Gus Van Sant and written by Dustin Lance Black, the film stars Sean Penn as Milk and it received eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and won two for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Penn and Best Original Screenplay.
The movie traces the last eight years in the life of Harvey Milk, the ill-fated politician and gay activist whose life changed history, and whose courage still inspires people.
When Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977, he made history for being the first openly gay man in American history to be voted into public office. But the rights of homosexuals weren’t Milk’s primary concern, as tellingly evidenced by the wide array of political coalitions he formed over the course of his tragically brief career.
He fought for everyone from union workers to senior citizens, a true hero of human rights who possessed nothing but compassion for his fellow man. The story begins in New York City, where a 40-year-old Milk ponders what steps he can take to make his life more meaningful. |
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