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Robin Wright Penn and Sean Penn have called off their divorce (Now what are they going to do with all those invitations and registries?) That’s, of course, very exciting great news. But more exciting is the fact that Sean Penn will be playing slain gay rights activist Harvey Milk, California’s first openly gay elected official, a San Francisco supervisor, who was assassinated along with Mayor George Moscone by San Francisco Supervisor Dan White. The film, entitled Milk, which is in post-production, is directed by Gus Van Sant and stars Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin and Diego Luna. Of course, this is not the first film Penn has starred in which explores a serious and important issue. Penn’s other socially conscious films include The Assassination of Richard Nixon, The Thin Red Line, Dead Man Walking, Casualties of War, and Fast Times at Ridgemont High (just kidding.) And Penn has directed political films as well including 11′09”01 - September 11 and Into the Wild. Penn also uses his celebrity to highlight the causes he believes in and has criticized the War in Iraq, toured Iraq to observe the war there and helped rescue workers with door-to-door searches for survivors after Hurricane Katrina swamped New Orleans.
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Alas, I am not in Austin but in New York City - but if I was there at SXSW, these are 10 films I would be seeing. They’re all TakePart friendly (advocate social change and action) in their own particular way - even if it isn’t obvious right up front.
