OPIRG and the Rainbow Service Organization present:
The Times of Harvey Milk:
Feb 4th, 7pm
Sadleir House (Lecture Hall), 751 George St. North
Wheelchair accessible.
The documentary and the organic popcorn are free, but donations are happily accepted! For more information contact OPIRG at 741-1208.
Review:
A devastatingly skillful and emotionally compelling documentary, The Times of Harvey Milk charts the political rise and brutal slaying of the first openly gay city official in the United State, Harvey Milk. Ironically, the same election that brought Milk to the board of city supervisors of San Francisco also elected the man who killed him, a former police officer and fireman named Dan White. After White shot both Mayor George Moscone and Milk, his defense lawyers convinced the jury that White's judgment was impaired by depression and junk food, resulting in a conviction for manslaughter instead of murder--a verdict that prompted riots. --Bret Fetzer