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.
Genre: Documentary
Stars: Marsha P. Johnson, Victoria Cruz, Sylvia Rivera, Taylor Mead, Pat Bumgardner, Vito Russo
Crew: Mark Blane (Associate Producer), David France (Director), Mark Blane (Writer), David France (Writer), Bryce Dessner (Original Music Composer), Tom Bergmann (Director of Photography)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: Terasem Media & Films, Faliro House Productions, Race Point Films, Ninety Thousand Words, Public Square Films
Runtime: 105 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jul 27, 2017
IMDb: 3.9
Keywords:new york city, suicide, drag queen, investigation, biography, murder, lgbt, hate crime, activist, trans woman, cold case, transgender rights, gay history
