Milk
1. Brief synopsis of the person, event, conflict on which the film is based.
A. Harvey Milk
1. Brief synopsis of the person, event, conflict on which the film is based.
A. Harvey Milk
B. Harvey Milk’s Campaign.
C. Gay Rights.
D. Prop. 6 or 1979.E. Harvey’s assassination.
2. Major themes/frames of the film.
A. Patriarchy
B. White Privilege
C.
3. Major differences between historical record, coverage inThe New York Times (or other newspapers) & film translation.
A. The details of the assination.
B. Dan White and Harvey Milk were friends.
C. Harvey Milk being on the Board of Permints, his first political postion was that not City Supervisor.
4. Major similarities between historical record, coverage inThe New York Times (or other newspapers) & film translation.
A. Used actual news broadcasts from the era.
B. All the major public events in the film were real.
C.
5. What ideological perspectives are reinforced or challenged?
A. Heteroideology
B.
C.
6. What is privileged—Truth or Truthiness? Relate to media effects theories and media literacy concepts. How does the film construct a specific version of reality and what is the significance of the Hollywood version? In other words, whose stories are told? Whose stories are omitted? What is the significance of how the story is framed?
A. The homosexual (gay) stories and characters are visible, while the heterosexual (straight) stories and characters are omitted or lack attention/coverage.
B.
C.
