The Times of Harvey Milk

  • The Times of Harvey Milk

  • The Times of Harvey Milk

  • The Times of Harvey Milk

  • I Was/I Am

  • Coming Out

  • Sunday, Apr 30, 2023

    5 PM (106 mins)
    BAMPFA

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The Times of Harvey Milk

Rob Epstein
United States, 1984

New Restoration

  • Introduction
    Jenni Olson

    Queer historian, writer, and filmmaker Jenni Olson is codirector of The Bressan Project, which worked with UCLA on the restoration of Arthur J. Bressan Jr.’s Coming Out.

Rob Epstein’s The Times of Harvey Milk is a powerful record of the beloved activist/politician’s inspirational life and work. Through deep archival biographical material and emotion-filled reminiscences of friends and colleagues, Epstein reveals an intimate and complex portrait of the many sides of Milk (including his irreverent sense of humor). From Milk’s improbable, heroic rise to his horrific, senseless murder, Epstein’s work serves as a potent and unwavering eyewitness to history.

—Todd Wiener

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FILM DETAILS

Screenwriter

  • Judith Coburn
  • Carter Wilson

Cinematographer

  • Frances Reid

Print Info

  • Color
  • 35mm
  • 90 mins

Source

  • UCLA Film & Television Archive

Permission

  • Janus Films

Additional Info

  • Preserved by the UCLA Film & Television Archive in cooperation with Telling Pictures, the James C. Hormel Gay and Lesbian Center, and Earle-Tones Music, Inc with funding provided by The Ahmanson Foundation in association with the Sundance Institute

Preceded By

I Was/I Am

Barbara Hammer, United States, 1973

In one of her first films, Barbara Hammer changes from a damsel in a gown and crown to a leather jacket motorcycle dyke.

FILM DETAILS

Print Info

  • B&W
  • 16mm
  • 6 mins
source
  • Canyon Cinema

Coming Out

Arthur J. Bressan Jr., United States, 1972

If you’ve ever wondered what it was like to be gay in 1972, this joyful time capsule offers up one pretty fabulous perspective on the time.

FILM DETAILS

Print Info

  • Color
  • DCP
  • 10 mins
source
  • UCLA Film & Television Archive
permission
  • Frameline Distribution

Additional Info

  • Preserved by UCLA Film & Television Archive on behalf of the Outfest UCLA Legacy Project