Comments | nezumiko: Go See The Movie Milk

nezumiko

Go See The Movie Milk

Jan 26, 2009 07:09

I'm finally starting to feel better. Finally! Starting is the operative word here, but starting is better than the alternative. I even managed to get out of the house on Saturday night, when owldolatrous and his husband took me to see Milk.

( Milk, Movies, Inspiration, History, and Hope )

gay rights, hope, lgbt, prop 8

Comments 2

masao888 January 27 2009, 04:17:46 UTC

Yes!! Go see Milk if you haven't already. R and I saw it a few weeks ago. It's a great film. I applaud Gus Van Sant's direction and Sean Penn's portrayal of Harvey Milk.

My (small) personal connection to the story is that I was in San Francisco attending a high school debate convention on the day Moscone and Milk were assassinated. I remember seeing Dianne Feinstein (now U.S. Senator from California), as then-president of the SF Board of Supervisors, announcing the shocking news. I only dimly remember the gay rights issues of the day, but I do recall the controversy about the Briggs Initiative, and how unfair it seemed to me, even then.

But yes: see the film, remember, and continue the fight for our civil rights.

nezumiko January 27 2009, 09:45:37 UTC

But yes: see the film, remember, and continue the fight for our civil rights.

I seriously got choked up, Masao. Your solidarity, as a straight person, means the world to me. Thank you.

(And some day you should tell me about that day! I remember watching stuff about it on the news, from Tennessee. And not understanding why the orange juice sales lady (Anita Bryant) hated gay people, but that's about it.)