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Milk, Fri & Sat April 3 & 4
2009, 7:00 & 9:30

Gus Van Sant's Bio-Pic on Gay Activist Harvey Milk's Rise and Fall

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Milk shows at IFS on Fri & Sat April 3 & 4, 2009, 7:00 & 9:30

Milk
Gus Van Sant's Bio-Pic on Gay Activist Harvey Milk's Rise and Fall
Fri & Sat April 3 & 4
2009, 7:00 & 9:30

In 1978, Harvey Milk, portrayed here expansively and joyfully by Sean Penn in Gus Van Sant's historically accurate feature, was a former Goldwater conservative-turned-activist who had grasped early the potential political clout of the gay community and was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. With his abilities to reinvent himself, to put straights at ease, and to convince gays to uncloset themselves and join his political cause, Milk seemed destined for the title of mayor. During one board meeting, however, Dan White, a conservative fellow Supervisor, shot and killed Milk and Mayor George Moscone. Van Sant gets impressive performances from his actors, and seamlessly works into his film archival footage that recalls Milk's early years on the political scene as well as moments in the history of the gay rights movement both infamous and inspiring. Also stars James Brolin, Emile Hirsch, James Franco, Alison Pill, Diego Luna.

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Tickets

10 films for $60 with punch card
$9 general admission. $7 w/UCB student ID, $7 for senior citizens
$1 discount to anyone with a bike helmet
Free on your birthday! CU Cinema Studies students get in free.

Parking

Pay lot 360 (now only $1/hour!), across from the buffalo statue and next to the Duane Physics tower, is closest to Muenzinger. Free parking can be found after 5pm at the meters along Colorado Ave east of Folsom stadium and along University Ave west of Macky.

RTD Bus

Park elsewhere and catch the HOP to campus

International Film Series

(Originally called The University Film Commission)
Established 1941 by James Sandoe.

First Person Cinema

(Originally called The Experimental Cinema Group)
Established 1955 by Carla Selby, Gladney Oakley, Bruce Conner and Stan Brakhage.

C.U. Film Program

(AKA The Rocky Mountain Film Center)
First offered degrees in filmmaking and critical studies in 1989 under the guidance of Virgil Grillo.

Celebrating Stan

Created by Suranjan Ganguly in 2003.

C.U. Department of Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts

Established 2017 by Chair Ernesto Acevedo-Muñoz.

Thank you, sponsors!
Boulder International Film Festival
Department of Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts

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