Rob Epstein

Harvey Milk was an outspoken human rights activist and one of the first openly gay U.S. politicians elected to public office; even after his assassination in 1978, he continues to inspire disenfranchised people around the world.

Dir. Rob Epstein · With Harvey Milk, Harvey Fierstein, Anne Kronenberg

Exuberant, eye-opening movie that serves up a dazzling hundred-year history of the role of gay men and lesbians have had on the silver screen. Film contains fabulous footage from 120 films showing the changing face of cinema sexuality, from cruel stereotypes to covert love to the activist triumphs of the 1990s.

Dir. Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman · With Lily Tomlin, Tony Curtis, Susan Sarandon

It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads: the tumultuous life events that led a young Allen Ginsberg to find his true voice as an artist, society's reaction (the obscenity trial), and mind-expanding animation that echoes the startling originality of the poem itself. All three coalesce in a genre-bending hybrid that brilliantly captures a pivotal moment-the birth of a counterculture.

Dir. Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman · With James Franco, Todd Rotondi, Jon Prescott

Story of Linda Lovelace, who is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of her coercive husband, before taking control of her life.

Dir. Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman · With Amanda Seyfried, Sharon Stone, Robert Patrick