The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson (2017)
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.
Director: David France
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Marsha P. Johnson as Self (archive footage) |
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Victoria Cruz as Self |
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Sylvia Rivera as Self (archive footage) |
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Taylor Mead as Self (archive footage) |
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Pat Bumgardner as Self (archive footage) |
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Vito Russo as Self (archive footage) |
| Production | Mark Blane | Associate Producer |
| Directing | David France | Director |
| Writing | David France | Writer |
| Writing | Mark Blane | Writer |
| Sound | Bryce Dessner | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Tom Bergmann | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Tyler H. Walk | Editor |
| Art | James O'Donnell | Production Design |
| Camera | Adam Uhl | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Mark Blane | Second Unit Director |
| Production | Andrew Tobias | Associate Producer |
