Review of Milk? (2012) by Jamie I — 26 Jun 2016

I can honestly say, since I wasn't born, that I knew nothing about Harvey Milk prior to watching this film.  It was so great to see such a pioneer for gay rights especially in the 70s.  Even though I knew from the beginning what would happen there's still no preparing for the shock of seeing someone gunned down in cold blood.

  I applaud the actual Harvey Milk for all he did and I thank the filmmakers for bringing this to modern audiences who may not have known about it before.  "I ask this... If there should be an assassination, I would hope that five, ten, one hundred, a thousand would rise.

I would like to see every gay lawyer, every gay architect come out - - If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door... And that's all. I ask for the movement to continue.

Because it's not about personal gain, not about ego, not about power... it's about the "us's" out there. Not only gays, but the Blacks, the Asians, the disabled, the seniors, the us's.

Without hope, the us's give up - I know you cannot live on hope alone, but without it, life is not worth living. So you, and you, and you... You gotta give em' hope... you gotta give em' hope.

"  Highly recommended.  Oh yeah and Anita does suck.