Moscone–Milk assassinations The centerpiece was a section displaying the suit Milk was wearing at the time of his death. The suit is currently on display in the Society's permanent museum space in the Castro. In 2008 the film "Milk" depicted the assassinations as part of a biographical story about the life of gay rights activist and politician Harvey Milk. The movie was a critical and commercial success, with Victor Garber portraying Moscone, Sean Penn playing Milk and Josh Brolin playing White. Penn won an Oscar for his performance and Brolin was nominated. In January 2012, the Berkeley Repertory Theater premiered "Ghost Light",
Anita Bryant mockery in the RiffTrax short "Drugs Are Like That". Armistead Maupin, in his 1980 novel "More Tales of the City", used Anita Bryant's "Save Our Children" campaign to prompt a principal character to come out of the closet. Bryant appears in archive footage as a principal antagonist in the 2008 American biographical film "Milk," about the life of gay rights activist and politician Harvey Milk. She was also portrayed as the principal antagonist in the 2011 play, "Anita Bryant Died For Your Sins." In May 2013, producers announced plans for a biographical HBO film based on Bryant's life to star