The Times of Harvey Milk is a 1984 documentary directed by Robert Epstein, chronicling the political career of Harvey Milk, one of the first openly gay elected officials in the United States as a San Francisco city supervisor, his 1978 assassination by former supervisor Dan White, and the public anger that followed White's comparatively lenient manslaughter conviction. Built from archival news footage and interviews with Milk's friends, colleagues and fellow activists, the film situates his career within the broader gay rights movement of 1970s San Francisco. The Times of Harvey Milk won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and is widely regarded as one of the most significant American documentaries on LGBT history and civil rights.
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Did The Times of Harvey Milk win an Academy Award and who received it?
It won the Documentary Feature Oscar in 1985 for producers Robert Epstein and Richard Schmiechen.
Yes. The Times of Harvey Milk won the Academy Award for Documentary Feature at the 57th Academy Awards, held on March 25, 1985 and honoring movies released in 1984. The Academy lists Robert Epstein and Richard Schmiechen as the producers who received the award.
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WikipediaLead sentence (release year), en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Times_of_Harvey_Milk
The Times of Harvey Milk is a 1984 American documentary film that premiered at the Telluride Film Festival, the New York Film Festival, and then on November 1, 1984, at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco.
Lead sentence (country), en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Times_of_Harvey_Milk
The Times of Harvey Milk is a 1984 American documentary film that premiered at the Telluride Film Festival, the New York Film Festival, and then on November 1, 1984, at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco.
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The Times of Harvey Milk is a 1984 American documentary film that premiered at the Telluride Film Festival, the New York Film Festival, and then on November 1, 1984, at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco.
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The Times of Harvey Milk is a 1984 American documentary film that premiered at the Telluride Film Festival, the New York Film Festival, and then on November 1, 1984, at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco.
Created By: Rob Epstein, Article lead sentence
The film was directed by Rob Epstein, produced by Richard Schmiechen, and narrated by Harvey Fierstein, with an original score by Mark Isham.
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Wikidata P166: Sundance Special Jury Prize DocumentaryQuote, Wikidata P166: Sundance Special Jury Prize Documentary
Wikidata P166 (award received): Sundance Special Jury Prize Documentary.
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