This week on Outstanding Docs: The Times of Harvey Milk

Landmark documentary airs Jan 24 and 25 on OutTV

Check out this week’s documentary on OutTV.

Sat, Jan 24, 12:30pm EST and Sun, Jan 25, 6pm EST:

The Times of Harvey Milk

Landmark documentary about politics, assassination and the tumultuous creation of the gay community in San Francisco of the ’70s.

Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Harvey Milk and San Francisco Mayor George Moscone were assassinated by Supervisor Dan White on November 27, 1978. Milk’s life leading up to his election, his successful efforts to politically represent San Francisco’s gay community, and the city’s reaction to the assassinations are documented with extensive news film and personal recollections.


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