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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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