The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
2017 · Movie · 105 min
★ 7.0(104)unSUB Rating
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.
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Details
- Years
- 2017
- Release date
- 2017-07-27
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Max quality
- HD
- TMDB rating (input)
- 7.1/10 (104 votes)
Themes
- new york city
- suicide
- drag queen
- investigation
- biography
- murder
- lgbt
- hate crime
- activist
- trans woman
- cold case
- transgender rights
- +1 more
Cast & crew
Marsha P. Johnson
as Self (archive footage)
Victoria Cruz
as Self
Sylvia Rivera
as Self (archive footage)
Taylor Mead
as Self (archive footage)
Pat Bumgardner
as Self (archive footage)
Vito Russo
as Self (archive footage)
Directed by David France