The Times of Harvey Milk + Changes + Coming Out

Director: Rob Epstein, Rob Epstein

1984 / 117min / DCP

One of the first widely seen feature documentaries to address gay life in America, The Times of Harvey Milk was as groundbreaking as the trailblazing politician that is its subject, using original documentary material and archival footage to present both the story and message of Milk’s political career and assassination. Screening with Changes, a sensitive and forthright portrait of transgender subject Jimmy Michaels, seen proudly strutting the streets of c. 1970 Los Angeles, and Coming Out, Bressan’s jubilant document of San Francisco’s 1972 Gay Freedom Day parade—the city’s first major Pride celebration—which gives a thrilling, collective portrait of gay liberation.