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.
Quick Thoughts:
Marsha P. Johnson is one of the trailblazing trans and queer folks who led the protests during the Stonewall Riots. This documentary presents her life and the events around the protests and the mystery of her death in a way that presents the history while highlighting Marsha’s life. I haven’t had the chance to watch this full documentary myself, but with the well-regarded reviews and mainly based on the queer relevance and importance of Marsha’s activism, this is a must-watch queer documentary.
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