The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
Overview
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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Cast
Marsha P. Johnson
Victoria Cruz
Sylvia Rivera
Taylor Mead
Pat Bumgardner
Vito Russo
Crew
David France
Mark Blane
David France
Adam Uhl
Tyler H. Walk
Tom Bergmann
Bryce Dessner
James O'Donnell
Andrew Tobias
Mark Blane