All men are created equal. No matter how hard you try you can never erase those words…

I’m a bit late to the party but can I just say I loved this movie. Pure, simple and just gold! It’s a movie of epic proportions; fighting for ones basic human rights, fighting for gay rights in America sure wasn’t easy. It isn’t any easy now, and it surely wouldn’t have been two decades earlier. A lot has been said about gay activism, gay rights & campaigns against homophobic people, anti-gay religious groups and broadening the human mind, this movies does just that, it truly goes to show how America or Castro – a district in California was, back around late 1970s. This is an extremely heart-rendering and sensitive movie that touches on many aspects of the lifes tapestry. I simply love how beautifully Sean Penn brings about the vulnerable, fallible side as a gay lover. Harvey Milks social standing is huge and the price he and his friends paid and stood for has liberated many.

The movie portrays: after a long and continuing fight of homophobia in 1977 Harvey Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors as the first openly gay man in the public eye of America in the 70′s. His victory was not only a sign of slight liberation but also a sign of hope and courage for thousand of closeted Americans, black, white, asian, hispanic, old, young and handicapped… He fought for a cause very close to his heart. Every time the neighborhood gave them grief or rounded them up in some sort of harassment, Harvey gathered up a march with his gay friends all the way to the Town Hall of Castro to speak of justice and asked to be treated with equality towards the growing gay community in Castro. They were echos of pain, sufferance, of subjugation, of wanting liberation, acceptance and voices that seeked a sense of belonging. And every time there was a march he would go up there to the step of the plinth and yell his heartfelt apathy to one and all… My name is Harvey Milk & I want to recruit you.

Like I said before this is a movie of great magnitude and overpowering emotions. The footage shown from early liberation movement is breath-taking and very empowering. Its very involving and rife with energy and passion for humanity. Beautifully directed by Gus Van Sant and what a masterpiece of a story! It makes us count our blessing of what we have today not that there is any more peace in the world today than there was then but we surely need to pay homage to people who have gone before us and fought bravely and relentlessly and stood by every conviction they believed in. Milk is a homage – of jubilation and freedom and yet at the same time about great loss and pain and sadness. That famous adage comes to mind: “Nothing good comes easy“…

What an amazing movie. Don’t miss it for the world.