In the 1970s, San Francisco had the first openly gay man to be elected to public office on its board of supervisors. His name was Harvey Milk, and one of the things he did best was organize protests. A movie about his life is coming out here December 12, and if you're one of the people who showed up at this month's protest against California's gay-marriage ban, which attracted hundreds of sympathetic people to the J.C. Nichols Memorial Fountain on the Plaza, you might want to see it. But this time, protesters ask that you avoid the Plaza.
The Cinemark Palace on the Plaza, along with Cinemark theaters nationwide, has been targeted by a boycott against showings of Milk. The company's CEO, Alan Stock, donated $9,999 to the Yes on 8 Campaign in California. Apparently, Stock's idea of gay equality is limited to Oscar-bait biopics.
We aren't the first in the metro to note this boycott. Check out God'll get you for that, AKCB, which called attention to the protest less than a week ago as well as noting a separate boycott of the Sprint Center for similar reasons. But don't let any of this keep you from seeing Milk, a film that is, according to Village Voice critic J. Hoberman, "so immediate that it's impossible to separate the movie's moment from
this one." -- By Peter Rugg
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The movie opens nationwide on Friday, Dec 5th but on Friday, Dec 12th it will be opening at the Tivoli Cinema in Westport and Glenwood Arts in JoCo, please support and enjoy this great movie at one of these fantastic, independent theaters!(oh and they are gay-friendly too)
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