The read
A Balasaur Score of 78 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 97%, Metacritic 76/100. Scores higher than 75% of the 2,097 2010s documentary movies in this catalog. Streaming on Netflix.
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.
Ratings
107 audience votes
Key crew
- David FranceDirector
- David FranceWriter
- Mark BlaneWriter
- Bryce DessnerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Marsha P. JohnsonSelf (archive footage)
- Victoria CruzSelf
- Sylvia RiveraSelf (archive footage)
- Taylor MeadSelf (archive footage)
- Pat BumgardnerSelf (archive footage)
- Vito RussoSelf (archive footage)
