In his day, Harvey Milk did things many in the establishment would consider “radical” and “outspoken”. An openly gay man during a time when the gay rights movement had just reached full bloom, he became city supervisor in 1978, fighting off anti-gay legislation and proclaiming himself as mayor of San Francisco’s gay-populated Castro Street.

However, Milk’s historical career in politics would be a short one and ended in tragedy when he was murdered by fellow supervisor Dan White. The murder stoked a fire for civil rights in the gay community that continues to rage to this very day. Now with director Gus Van Sant’s latest film Milk telling Harvey’s courageous and incredible story, who better to fill his shoes than actor Sean Penn.

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