The Times of Harvey Milk

Publication/Creation:

Beverly Hills, CA : Pacific Arts Video, 1988

Resource Type:

Video or Visual Material

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

The Times of Harvey Milk

Series Titles:

CinemaDisc collection
CinemaDisc collection.

Related Names

Additional Author/Creators:

Schmiechen, Richard, 1947-1993
Epstein, Robert P., 1955-
Isham, Mark
Milk, Harvey
Pacific Arts Video (Firm)

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Milk, Harvey
Gay men--Biography
Homosexuality--United States
Gay liberation movement
San Francisco (Calif.)--Politics and government

Description/Summary

Summary:

A portrait of the life and career of Harvey Milk, a charismatic grass-roots activist, and one of the first avowed homosexuals elected to political office. Through television news footage and interviews, follows him from his early days as a Castro Street businessman to his murder, along with San Francisco Mayor George Moscone, in 1978. Relates these events to the ongoing movement for gay rights in the United States.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 12 in.

General Note:

Laser videodisc.
Serial no. ID5299PA.
Academy Award winner as best documentary.
Originally released by Cinecom International Films in 1986 as a motion picture.

Creation/Production Credits Note:

Director, Robert Epstein ; producers, Richard Schmeichen, Robert Epstein ; editors, Deborah Hoffman, Robert Epstein ; music, Mark Isham.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990029679040302486

OCLC Number:

19764375