Silicon Valley’s Premiere Showing of MILK to Benefit The Health Trust AIDS Services

Producer Dan Jinks of American Beauty Will Speak at the December 4, 2008 Event

 

November 13, 2008, CAMPBELL,CA - On December 4, 2008 The Health Trust will host the Silicon Valley premiere of MILK, the heroic story of San Francisco activist and politician Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in America. MILK, starring Sean Penn and Josh Brolin, chronicles the life and death of the openly gay supervisor including his assassination by Supervisor Dan White in 1978. The movie is expected to win critical acclaim.

 

The film is directed by Gus Van Sant and produced by Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, who won the Best Picture Academy Award as producers of American Beauty. Dan Jinks will attend the Silicon Valley premier and discuss his views on the film and Milk’s life and legacy.

 

“We are so thrilled to be able to show this powerful story of an American leader,” says Health Trust CEO Frederick J. Ferrer. “Harvey Milk’s inspirational work which called us to offer hope is exactly the focus of the work of The Health Trust’s AIDS Services where we offer hope and support to people living with HIV/AIDS in Silicon Valley.”

 

The reception begins at 6:00 pm, with Jinks speaking at 7:00 pm and the film starting at 7:30 pm at the Camera 7 Cinemas, at the Pruneyard, Campbell. Tickets are available for $25 at www.healthtrust.org . All proceeds benefit The Health Trust AIDS Services.

 

 

About The Health Trust

The Health Trust is a nonprofit foundation that provides grants, services and advocacy to support its vision of Silicon Valley as the healthiest region in America. The Health Trust is the largest provider of services to Santa Clara County residents with HIV/AIDS and empowers patients and families to solve their day-to-day needs. For more information, visit www.healthtrust.org.

For more information contact:

Nicole Kohleriter
The Health Trust
408.879.4112
Cell: 415.385.2283
nicolek@healthtrust.org

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