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As one of the first openly gay politicians in the country to be elected to public office, Harvey Milk was a trailblazer for the LGBTQ community. Born on May 22, 1930, the native New Yorker rose to become an outspoken human rights activist, and an impassioned champion of LGBTQ rights. Milk was assassinated in 1978, just one year after being elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. More than 40 years after his death, Milk continues to be celebrated as an inspirational and courageous leader in the fight for equal rights.
To commemorate “Harvey Milk Day,” we curated a list of movies and books that will help you learn more about the LGBT icon. From biographies and documentaries,...
As one of the first openly gay politicians in the country to be elected to public office, Harvey Milk was a trailblazer for the LGBTQ community. Born on May 22, 1930, the native New Yorker rose to become an outspoken human rights activist, and an impassioned champion of LGBTQ rights. Milk was assassinated in 1978, just one year after being elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. More than 40 years after his death, Milk continues to be celebrated as an inspirational and courageous leader in the fight for equal rights.
To commemorate “Harvey Milk Day,” we curated a list of movies and books that will help you learn more about the LGBT icon. From biographies and documentaries,...
- 5/22/2021
- by Latifah Muhammad
- Indiewire
The Kentucky prosecutor investigating threats against Nick Sandmann's high school wants to punish anyone threatening physical harm ... with prison time. Rob Sanders, whose jurisdiction includes Covington Catholic High School, tells us he's deadly serious about seeking incarceration for people threatening Sandmann's teachers and classmates ... because it's a Class D felony in Kentucky, punishable by 1 to 5 years in a state penitentiary. As you know ... threats against Nick and others at his school have been pouring in via email,...
- 1/25/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Exclusive: Park Entertainment has acquired international sales rights to the coming-of-age road trip film Petroleum Spirit.
The London-based sales and distribution company is now selling the film in Cannes.
Written and directed by Rob Sanders, Petroleum Spirit marges fantasy and reality told from the twisted world view of Errol – a sexually repressed teenager born in the wreckage of a Lada crash.
Raised in isolation by his nuclear-holocaust fearing mother at a remote petrol station, Errol yearns to explore the real world. When his mother dies in an accident, Errol learns that the father he thought dead is alive and sets off in the Lada to find him, leaving an unintended trail of destruction across the desolate backroads of 1980′s Britain.
When he finally does reach him, Errol’s violent-tempered father tries recruiting him to a criminal underworld, forcing Errol to choose what kind of man he wants to be.
Currently shooting in the UK, the film stars...
The London-based sales and distribution company is now selling the film in Cannes.
Written and directed by Rob Sanders, Petroleum Spirit marges fantasy and reality told from the twisted world view of Errol – a sexually repressed teenager born in the wreckage of a Lada crash.
Raised in isolation by his nuclear-holocaust fearing mother at a remote petrol station, Errol yearns to explore the real world. When his mother dies in an accident, Errol learns that the father he thought dead is alive and sets off in the Lada to find him, leaving an unintended trail of destruction across the desolate backroads of 1980′s Britain.
When he finally does reach him, Errol’s violent-tempered father tries recruiting him to a criminal underworld, forcing Errol to choose what kind of man he wants to be.
Currently shooting in the UK, the film stars...
- 5/17/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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