Attempts to put Milk 's life to film followed a 1984 documentary of his life and the aftermath of his assassination , titled '' The Times of Harvey Milk '' , which was loosely based upon Randy Shilts 's biography , '' The Mayor of Castro Street '' ( the film won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for 1984 , and was awarded Special Jury Prize at the first Sundance Film Festival , among other awards ) . Various scripts were considered in the early 1990s , but projects fell through for different reasons , until 2007 . Much of '' Milk '' was filmed on Castro Street and other locations in San Francisco , including Milk 's former storefront , Castro Camera
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