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Harvey Milk's radical vision of equality - Lillian Faderman

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By 1973, Harvey Milk had already been many things: naval officer, high school teacher, bit-part actor and wandering hippie. Starting fresh in San Francisco, his belief in a more personal approach to local government led him to run for office in the heart of American gay culture, the Castro. Lillian Faderman details the tenacity and courage of California's first openly gay public official.

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Meet The Creators

  • Educator Lillian Faderman
  • Director Tomás Pichardo-Espaillat
  • Narrator Addison Anderson
  • Animator Tomás Pichardo-Espaillat
  • Composer Cem Misirlioglu
  • Music Curt Sydnor
  • Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
  • Editorial Producer Alex Rosenthal
  • Associate Producer Bethany Cutmore-Scott
  • Associate Editorial Producer Dan Kwartler
  • Script Editor Iseult Gillespie
  • Fact-Checker Joseph Isaac

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