Harvey Milk Francisco had no idea. It was just a really brief, provincial, localized current events story that the mayor and a city council member in San Francisco were killed. It didn't have much reverberation." Milk's life has been the subject of a musical theater production; an eponymous opera; a cantata; a children's picture book; a French-language historical novel for young-adult readers; and the biopic "Milk", released in 2008 after 15 years in the making. The film was directed by Gus Van Sant and starred Sean Penn as Milk and Josh Brolin as Dan White, and won two Academy Awards for Best
Letter to Harvey Milk as part of an assignment from Barbara. He chooses to write a letter to his friend, late gay politician Harvey Milk, who had been assassinated eight years prior. He reveals that he keeps the jelly beans in memory of “Harveleh,” and laments his friend's assassination and its aftermath (Love, Harry). It is revealed that Barbara is a lesbian and that her family has cut off contact with her. Frannie laments Barbara's sexuality to Harry, who seems to empathize with Barbara (What A Shanda). Later, Harry reflects on missing his wife in an assignment from Barbara (Frannie's Hands). Later, Barbara and