Documentary · United States of America · 2017 · 1h 45m

The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson

Director

Cast

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)

Crew

Tom Bergmann — Director of Photography Adam Uhl — Director of Photography Tyler H. Walk — Editor Bryce Dessner — Original Music Composer David France — Writer Mark Blane — Writer

Tagline

A life that launched a revolution, a death that remains a mystery.

Synopsis

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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