Milk. Directed by Gus van Sant. Written by Dustin Lance Black. With Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, Diego Luna, Vincent Garber, James Franco and Allison Pill. (2008).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Movie Brims with Life and Love This is an extraordinary film.  I was moved beyond words.  The movie is a labor of love and it has succeeded in making history come alive.

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Nightmare Portends the Future? Two days after Election Day I awoke from a terrible nightmare.  A torturer had just cut off my legs and was forcing me to walk on the stubs of my legs. I woke up screaming.  Who was my torturer? Why this dream? Why now? In August 2001 I experienced repeated waves of doom that something dreadful was coming.

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