Milk

I caught this on Friday night and was thoroughly impressed. Sean Penn is his usual impressive self and the supporting cast is equally as noteworthy. The film is not a simple biopic, à la 'Ray' or 'Walk the Line', starting as it does when Harvey Milk is 40 years old. The film is very pertinent, its release coming just as commentators point to the election of a black president as a signal that the last racial hurdle in the US has been overcome. Yet the Black Civil Rights movement seems to have triumphed at the precise moment when the Gay Civil Rights movement suffered its most serious setback in years. As Obamaniacs partied in Grant Park, Chicago, on November 4th, Proposition 8 was passed in California dealing a devastating blow to Gay rights campaigners everywhere and leaving many couples in marital limbo. Ironically, it seems that the black community's courting by the religous right tipped the vote against the gay community. 'Milk' reminds you that the struggle for equality has not ended because of the election of one man, but rather, just as the film's protagonist learns, it is a fight that goes on to the death.

And now, a disco-tastic track which featured in the film for you all:

Sylvester - You make me feel (mighty real)