The Times of Harvey Milk

This documentary recounts the political rise of Harvey Milk, a human rights campaigner in 1970s San Francisco who became one of the first openly gay Americans elected to public office. Centred on the Castro Street neighbourhood where a gay and lesbian community took shape, it follows his work for equal rights, his election to the city's Board of Supervisors in 1977, and the murders of Milk and Mayor George Moscone at City Hall the following year by a fellow board member, Dan White.

Rob Epstein directed and wrote the film, his first feature and the earliest entry in a directorial career that later included The Celluloid Closet, Howl and Lovelace. Richard Schmiechen produced alongside him. The film combines archival footage of Milk himself with testimony from people close to him, among them Anne Kronenberg, Tory Hartmann, Tom Ammiano and Jim Elliot, and narration spoken by Harvey Fierstein. Twenty cast members and 56 crew are credited.

On IMDb the documentary holds a rating of 8.2 from around 7,100 votes, while on TMDB it sits at 7.3 from 125 votes. A critics' rating of 8.4 from 28 reviews places it above the audience scores on both sites.