milk: it does a mind good.

no, not the beverage you drink after a warm chocolate chip cookie. i'm talking about harvey milk, the first openly gay politician elected to office. the movie opened nationally on friday and i enjoyed every second of it, all by myself in the packed out theater.

i urge you to see this movie: the history of harvey milk's (and mayor moscone) assassination and all that he stood for as a politician is extremely important and vital to history. sean penn was brilliant (as usual) and gus van sant (director of my favorite movie of all time) rocked it. it was especially interesting to see the similarities between prop eight and prop six, even though it's been thirty years.

watch the trailer:


listen to senator diane feinstein's thoughts on the thirtieth anniversary of milk & moscone's deaths: