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THE DEATH AND LIFE OF MARSHA P. JOHNSON
October 13, 2017 at 7:30 - 9:15 pm
With special guests Jim Mangia, CEO of St. John's and activist Victoria Cruz!
Who killed Marsha P. Johnson? In July 1992, Johnsons body was found floating in the Hudson River near New York Citys Christopher Street Piers. The police deemed her death a suicide, but for those who knew her, this theory has never made sense. Johnson a veteran of the Stonewall riots; a co-founder, along with her friend and comrade Sylvia Rivera, of Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (S.T.A.R.) and the modern trans rights movement; a self-described street queen; a sex worker; and a New York celebrity would never, according to her loved ones, have harmed herself. Twenty-five years later, Victoria Cruz of the Anti-Violence Project has amassed a pile of evidence of foul play. But this absorbing film by Academy Awardnominated filmmaker David France (How to Survive a Plague) is much more than a search for answers about Johnsons death. With riveting archival footage and interviews with the people who knew, loved, and fought beside them, its also a celebration of the lives and legacy of both Johnson and Rivera. Together, they blazed a path for gender-nonconforming people and demanded that they be included in the fight for civil rights (demands that were often met with scorn by gays and lesbians in the 1970s). (Frameline)
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LocationThe Silent Movie Theatre (View)
611 N Fairfax Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90036
United States
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| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
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