The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson (2017)
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A life that launched a revolution, a death that remains a mystery.
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.
- Released: 2017-07-27
- Genres: Documentary
- Runtime: 1h 45m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 7.1/10 from 107 votes
Directed by David France.
Top 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)
Where to watch The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
- United States: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
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- India: stream on Netflix
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- Australia: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
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