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The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson (2017)

Name: The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
Director: David France
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2017-07-27
Rating: 7.1

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

Year 20171h 45m* 7.1/10Documentary

The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson is a 2017 documentary directed by David France. It features Marsha P. Johnson, Victoria Cruz, Sylvia Rivera in lead roles. The film carries a runtime of 1h 45m. Audiences have rated it 7.1/10 across 107 votes. In India, it is available to stream legally on Netflix.

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.