The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2017-07-27
Runtime: 105 mins
Director: David France
Writer: David France, Mark Blane
Spoken language: English
Genres: Documentary
Original title: The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
Production Companies: Terasem Media & Films, Faliro House Productions, Race Point Films, Ninety Thousand Words, Public Square Films
Production Countries: United States of America
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