Milk is a film about Gay rights and is a wonderful film based on true story. In 1970s, gays are discriminated and did not have equal civil rights. Homosexuals had been beaten, some were considered sick, the sufferings made some homosexuals suicide. Harvey Milk braved to stand up, opened their own homosexual identity and wanted to fight for gay equality in civil rights through legal way. After several years of efforts, in 1977, he was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisor becoming the first openly gay man to be voted into public office in America. Harvey Milk persuaded other gays to open their identities, not hiding, and guided their legitimate protest marches. He openly debated with opponents, to change some people's view of homosexuality, to get more the equal rights of homosexuals. However, when everything was going better, Milk and Mayor his political allies, were assassinated by one opponent.
The film won the 2009 Oscar's Best Actor Award (Sean Penn) and Best Screenplay Award.