The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
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.
Year: 2017
Genre: Documentary
Studio: Terasem Media & Films, Faliro House Productions, Race Point Films, Ninety Thousand Words, Public Square Films
Director: David France
Cast: Marsha P. Johnson, Victoria Cruz, Sylvia Rivera, Taylor Mead, Pat Bumgardner, Vito Russo
Crew: Mark Blane (Associate Producer), Mark Blane (Writer), David France (Writer), David France (Director), Adam Uhl (Director of Photography), James O'Donnell (Production Design)
Runtime: 105 minutes
Release: Jul 27, 2017
IMDb: 7.10/10 by 103 users
Popularity: 3
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Keyword : new york city, suicide, drag queen, investigation, biography, murder, lgbt, hate crime, activist, trans woman, cold case, transgender rights, gay history
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