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Aaron, Michele. New Queer Cinema: A Critical Reader. New Brunswick: Rutgers UP, 2004.

Anderson, Melissa. “Milk.” Rev. of Milk, dir. Gus Van Sant. Time Out London 20 January 2009. http://www.timeout.com/london/film/milk-2008

Anonymous. Hope Will Never Be Silent. The Harvey Milk Project, 8 Feb, 2010. http://harveymilkproject.weebly.com/

Aretha, David. No Compromise: The Story of Harvey Milk. Greensboro: Morgan Reynolds, 2009.

Ask Not. Dir. Johnny Symons. Persistent Visions, 2008.

Balfour, Brad. “Sean Penn and Gus Van Sant Pour Their Heart Out in Milk.” Huffington Post 20 Feb. 2009. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brad-balfour/q-a-sean-penn-and-gus-Van_b_168715.html

Before Stonewall: The Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community. Dir. Greta Schiller and Robert Rosenberg. Center for the Study of Filmed History, 1984.

Benshoff, Harry M. "Milk and Gay Political History." Jump Cut: A Review Of Contemporary Media 51 (2009). http://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/jc51.2009/Milk/index.html

Benshoff, Harry, and Sean Griffin, eds. Queer Cinema, The Film Reader. New York: Routledge Film Readers, 2004.

Biancolli, Amy. “Milk.” Rev. of Milk, dir. Gus Van Sant. Houston Chronicle 25 November 2008. http://www.chron.com/entertainment/movies/article/Milk-1612812.php

Black, Dustin Lance, and Gus Van Sant. Milk: The Shooting Script. New York: New Market Press, 2008.

Black, Jason Edward. An Archive of Hope: Harvey Milk’s Speeches and Writings. Berkeley: U of California P, 2013.

Boneberg, Paul. Queer History. The GLBT Historical Society, 14 April 2008. http://www.glbthistory.org

Bradshaw, Peter. “Milk.” Rev. of Milk, dir. Gus Van Sant. The Guardian 21 January 2009. http://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/jan/22/milk-film-review-gus-van-sant-sean-penn

Carter, Anthony. “Dustin Lance Black 2009 Oscar Speech for MILK.” Online video clip. YouTube. YouTube, 1 June 2010. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wBOsm9Ki3Y

Carter, David. Stonewall: The Riots that Sparked the Gay Revolution. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2004.

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt. Dir. Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. Couterie, 1989.

Danny Elfman. MILK [soundtrack]. Decca Audio, 2008. CD.

Davies, Luke. “Gus Van Sant’s Milk.” The Monthly March 2009. http://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2009/march/1343112658/luke-davies/tales-city

de Jim, Strange. A Photo History of a Charismatic Gay Pioneer. Strange Billions, 11 Oct. 2008. http://www.strangebillions.com/harvey/

Denby, David. “True Love.” Rev. of Milk, dir. Gus Van Sant. New Yorker 1 December 2008. http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/cinema/2008/12/01/081201crci_cinema_denby

Ebert, Roger. “Milk.” Rev. of Milk, dir. Gus Van Sant. Chicago Sun-Times 24 November 2008. http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/milk

Edelstein, David. “Milk is Much More Than A Martyr Movie.” Rev. of Milk, dir. Gus Van Sant. NPR 26 November 2008. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97518380

Erens, Patricia. "The Times of Harvey Milk: An Interview with Robert Epstein." Cineaste 14.3 (1986): 26-27.

Erhart, Julia. "The Naked Community Organizer: Politics and Reflexivity in Gus Van Sant's Milk." A/B: Auto/Biography Studies 26.1 (2011): 156-70.

Execution of Justice. Dir. Leon Ichaso. Perf. Tim Daly, Peter Coyote, Khalil Kain, Tyne Daly, and Stephen Young. Daly-Harris Productions, 1999.

Foss K. "Harvey Milk and the Queer Rhetorical Situation: A Rhetoric of Contradiction." Queering Public Address: Sexualities in American Historical Discourse. Columbia: U of South Carolina P, 2007. 74-92.

Gleiberman, Owen. “Milk.” Rev. of Milk, dir. Gus Van Sant. Entertainment Weekly 25 November 2008. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20242612,00.html

Hallas, Roger. “Queer AIDS Media and the Question of the Archive.” GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies 16.3 (2010): 433.

Hanson, Briony. “Gus Van Sant.” The Guardian. 16 Jan. 2009. http://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/jan/19/guardian-interview-gus-Van-sant

Hillstrom, Kevin, updated by Rob Edelman. "Gus Van Sant." http://www.filmreference.com/Directors-St-Ve/Van-Sant-Gus.html

Hincle, Warren. Gayslayer! Grosse Point Farms: Silver Dollar Books, 1979.

Hiscock, John. “Gus Van Sant on the making of Milk.” The Telegraph 2 Jan. 2009. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmmakersonfilm/4075185/Gus-Van-Sant-on-the-making-of-Milk.html

Hoberman, J. “Gus Van Sant’s Milk Recaptures California Intolerance at Exactly the Right Time.” Rev. of Milk, dir. Gus Van Sant. Village Voice 26 November 2008. http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-11-26/film/gus-van-sant-s-milk-thinsp-recaptures-californian-intolerance-at-exactly-the-right-time/

Kelley, Bob. Harvey Milk, Second Sight. San Francisco Arts Commission, 12 Feb. 2009. http://www.queer-arts.org/milk/milkbook.html

LaSalle, Mick. “His Time. Our Story.” Rev. of Milk, dir. Gus Van Sant. San Francisco Chronicle 25 November 2008. http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/His-time-Our-story-3183741.php

Laurier, Joanne. “Milk, Identity Politics, and Gus Van Sant’s Art.” World Socialist Web Site. 9 Dec. 2008. http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2008/12/milk-d09.html

LenaGray. “Sean Penn on Charlie Rose.” Online video clip. YouTube. YouTube, 9 Dec 2008. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e_vcdNtLfs

Linder, Douglas. "Transcript of Dan White's Taped Confession." The Dan White Trial. University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2011. http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/milk/whiteconfession.html

Linder, Douglas. The Dan White (Harvey Milk Murder) Trial. University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2011. http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/milk/milkhome.html

Loewen, James. Lies My Teacher Told Me. New York: Touchstone, 2007.

Macaulay, Scott. “Gus Van Sant on Making Milk.” Filmmaker Magazine 13 Nov. 2008. http://filmmakermagazine.com/3767-gus-Van-sant-on-making-milk

Macdonald, Moira. “Milk gives a hero his due.” Rev. of Milk, dir. Gus Van Sant. Seattle Times 26 November 2008. http://seattletimes.com/html/movies/2008436295_mr26milk0.html

Marcus, Eric. Making Gay History. New York: HarperCollins, 2002.

McCarthy, Todd. “Milk.” Rev. of Milk, dir. Gus Van Sant. Variety 2 November 2008. http://variety.com/2008/film/reviews/milk-7-1200472542/

MILK Official Web Site. Focus Features, 08 Aug. 2008. http://focusfeatures.com/milk

Milk, Harvey. An Archive of Hope: Harvey Milk’s Speeches and Writings. Ed. Edward Black. Berkeley: U of California P, 2012.

Milk, Harvey. The Harvey Milk Interviews: In His Own Words. Ed. Vince Emery. Chicago: Vince Emery Productions, 2012.

Milk, Stuart. Harvey Milk. The Milk Foundation, 6 Dec. 2009. http://milkfoundation.org

Moore, Roger. “Milk.” Rev. of Milk, dir. Gus Van Sant. Orlando Sentinel 10 December 2008. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/movies/orl-movie-review-milk,0,1494114.story

Neumaier, Joe. “Sean Penn Shines in New Gus Van Sant Biopic.” Rev. of Milk, dir. Gus Van Sant. NY Daily News 25 November 2008. http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/sean-penn-shines-new-gus-van-sant-biopic-milk-article-1.339214

Paragraph 175. Dir. Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. Channel Four Films, 2000.

Puig, Claudia. “Milk and Penn are a powerful cinematic combination.” Rev. of Milk, dir. Gus Van Sant. USA Today 26 November 2008. http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2008-11-25-milk-review_N.htm

Rainer, Peter. “Milk.” Rev. of Milk, dir. Gus Van Sant. Christian Science Monitor 28 November 2008. http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Movies/2008/1128/p25s02-almo.html

Rapold, Nicolas. "Come With Us." Sight and Sound 19.2 (2009): 28-30.

Reed, Rex. “Milk is Great, but Would Be Even Tastier with More Penn Smooches.” Rev. of Milk, dir. Gus Van Sant. New York Observer 18 November 2008. http://observer.com/2008/11/imilki-is-great-but-would-be-even-tastier-with-more-penn-smooches/

Revision3. “MILK Film Review.” Online video clip. YouTube. YouTube, 30 Dec. 2008. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga60VK0g0hw

Rollins, Peter C. The Columbia Companion to American History on Film: How the Movies Have Portrayed the American Past. New York: Columbia UP, 2003.

Russo, Vito. The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies. New York: Harper & Row, 1987.

Scott, A.O. “Freedom Fighter in Life Becomes Potent Symbol in Death.” Rev. of Milk, dir. Gus Van Sant. New York Times 26 November 2008. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/26/movies/26milk.html?partner=Rotten%2520Tomatoes&ei=5083&_r=0

Shilts, Randy. The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk. New York: St. Martin’s Griffin, 2008.

Stein, Ruth. “The Making of Van Sant’s Harvey Milk Biopic.” SFGate 23 Nov. 2008. http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/The-making-of-Van-Sant-s-Harvey-Milk-biopic-3184418.php

Stevens, Dana. “Fresh Milk.” Rev. of Milk, dir. Gus Van Sant. NY Daily News 26 November 2008. http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/movies/2008/11/fresh_milk.html

The Times of Harvey Milk. Dir. Robert Epstein. Perf.Harvey Fierstein, Harvey Milk, and Anne Kronenberg. Schmiechen, Epstein and Bex, 1984.

Toplin, Robert. History by Hollywood. Chicago: U of Illinois P, 1996.

Tucker, Reed. “Gus Van Sant.” New York Post 23 Nov. 2008. http://nypost.com/2008/11/23/gus-van-sant/

Turan, Kenneth. “Milk.” Rev. of Milk, dir. Gus Van Sant. Los Angeles Times 26 November 2008: C1.

Two Spirits. Dir. Lydia Nibley. Say yes Quickly Productions, 2009.

Tynan, Kenneth. The Diaries of Kenneth Tynan. New York: Bloomsbury, 2001.

Villa, Sara. "Milk (2008) and The Times Of Harvey Milk (1984): The Double Filmic Resurrection Of The Mayor Of Castro Street." Altre Modernità 4 (2010): 190-99.

Weiss, Mike. Double Play: The Hidden Passions Behind the Double Assassination of George Moscone and Harvey Milk. Chicago: Vince Emery Productions, 2010.

Word is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives. Dir. Nancy Adair and Andrew Brown. Mariposa Film Group, 1977.