Still from the film "The Times of Harvey Milk" (1984), showing a group of men holding political campaign signs that say "Harvey Milk Supervisor"
Screenings

Changes / Coming Out / The Times of Harvey Milk

  • This is a past program

Part of the UCLA Film & Television Archive’s Pioneers of Queer Cinema screening series. Register at cinema.ucla.edu to attend this in-theater screening.

Two short documentary films screen before a showing of the The Times of Harvey Milk, a powerful record of the beloved activist and politician’s inspirational life and work. The Academy Award winning film illuminates not only a key period in the struggle for gay rights but also universal themes of resilience in the face of oppression.

Q&A with filmmaker Rob Epstein, director of The Times of Harvey Milk.

Program

  • Changes (1970, dir. Pat Rocco, DCP, color, 17 min.)
  • Coming Out (1972, dir. Arthur J. Bressan, Jr., DCP, color, 10 min.)
  • The Times of Harvey Milk (1984, dir. Robert Epstein, 35mm, color, 90 min. Director)