Though better known, Gus Van Sant’s 2008 Oscar winning biopic, Milk, starring Sean Penn, was not the first feature about the gay pioneering politician Harvey Milk, or about the socio-political era in which he rose to power as the first openly gay man elected to office.

Tautly directed by Elio Petri, Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion, which was a huge success internationally, is credited for launching or revitalizing Italian political cinema of the 1970s.

Greg Berlanti has helped pave the way