QCA Film: Milk

Amidst all the internationally institutionalized homophobia and violence, it pays to remember where we’ve been, where we’re going, and what it will take to get there. Gus Van Sant’s new film, Milk, is about gay political icon Harvey Milk. It’ll be in theaters in November, but until then, here’s the movie trailer to get you excited.
Milk appears to be a bit of a return to the mainstream for Van Sant after the Good Will Hunting director’s self-imposed exile in indieland since around 2002. Milk seems ambitious and more social than Van Sant’s recent offerings and is already looking like a contender for awards season. Anyone expecting a low-key character study of America’s first openly gay politician looks likely to be disappointed, because if this first trailer is anything to go by, Gus Van Sant’s Milk is going to be a big movie tackling big subjects.
Plus, it’s also got a pretty big cast. Sean Penn stars as Harvey Milk himself, with James Franco playing his life partner, Scott Smith, and the ubiquitous Josh Brolin as his eventual killer, Dan White.
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