Movie - Milk (Actor: Sean Penn)

Milk is one of the first mainstream movies that provides a look at the political side of gay life in America . Not only does it show the personal and emotional life of Harvey Milk , as played by Sean Penn , but it also depicts the reasons Milk fought so stridently for political equality for LGBT people and sympathetically shows the struggles that gay people were forced to go through in the early seventies . Despite the fact that most people in the U .S . probably don 't know who Harvey Milk was , this film allows

us to understand how he got his start through a photography company in bohemian San Francisco only to see blatant homophobic discrimination in businesses in one of the more liberal cities in the United States . Because of this , Milk was catapulted into the political spotlight , which is a very human and passionate way of getting involved in political activism

This film brings something to America 's attention that should be thought about by everyone - not only do LGBT people still struggle against homophobia and prejudice in the United States , but with the recent Proposition 8 fight in California , there is still a great need for publicly gay politicians and other people involved in politics who are willing to stand up for LGBT rights . Milk shows how Harvey Milk broke a public barrier by being one of the first out politicians in American history , and how that allowed him to make others more interested and invested in gay...