The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson backdrop
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson poster
Trailer
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
7.1
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1h 45m
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2017
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Released
Overview
Describing herself as a 'street queen,' Johnson was a legendary fixture in New York City’s gay ghetto and a tireless voice for LGBT pride since the days of Stonewall, who along with fellow trans icon Sylvia Rivera, founded Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (S.T.A.R.), a trans activist group based in the heart of NYC’s Greenwich Village. Her death in 1992 was declared a suicide by the NYPD, but friends never accepted that version of events. Structured as a whodunit, with activist Victoria Cruz cast as detective and audience surrogate, The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson celebrates the lasting political legacy of Johnson, while seeking to finally solve the mystery of her unexplained death.

Cast
Marsha P. Johnson poster
Marsha P. Johnson
Self (archive footage)
Victoria Cruz poster
Victoria Cruz
Self
Sylvia Rivera poster
Sylvia Rivera
Self (archive footage)
Taylor Mead poster
Taylor Mead
Self (archive footage)
Pat Bumgardner poster
Pat Bumgardner
Self (archive footage)
Vito Russo poster
Vito Russo
Self (archive footage)

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