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The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson uses its belated investigation into an activist's murder as the framework for a sobering look at the ongoing battle for equal rights.
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Death is what leads the title and drives the movie. But it's her life - vibrant, pioneering, and much too short - that gives Marsha its flamboyant, beautiful heart. Oct 6, 2017 | Rating: A- | Full Review…
Death is what leads the title and drives the movie. But it's her life - vibrant, pioneering, and much too short - that gives Marsha its flamboyant, beautiful heart.
Leah Greenblatt
In the end, "The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson" never really offers the closure that it is looking for so determinedly - but then, closure is kind of a myth, anyway. Oct 6, 2017 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
In the end, "The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson" never really offers the closure that it is looking for so determinedly - but then, closure is kind of a myth, anyway.
Stephen Whitty
The movie reminds the viewer how far we've come, but also how far we have yet to go. Oct 6, 2017 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
The movie reminds the viewer how far we've come, but also how far we have yet to go.
Glenn Kenny
Works powerfully as a rallying cry for tolerance, love and understanding. Oct 5, 2017 | Full Review…
Works powerfully as a rallying cry for tolerance, love and understanding.
Claudia Puig
Along the way, a sobering history of the gay rights movement is rendered through the lens of long-suffering transgender activists. Oct 5, 2017 | Full Review…
Along the way, a sobering history of the gay rights movement is rendered through the lens of long-suffering transgender activists.
Robert Abele
If Marsha P. fades from the film (there is not enough great footage of her, I guess, although enough to suggest she could be irresistible), the sense of vulnerability she projects permeates the rest of the movie. Oct 5, 2017 | Full Review…
If Marsha P. fades from the film (there is not enough great footage of her, I guess, although enough to suggest she could be irresistible), the sense of vulnerability she projects permeates the rest of the movie.
David Edelstein
The Death And Life Of Marsha P. Johnson offers a unique perspective on liberation for gender nonconforming individuals and is an imperative documentary for anyone looking to fully understand the origins and evolution of the LGBT movement. Nov 3, 2018 | Rating: 9 | Full Review…
The Death And Life Of Marsha P. Johnson offers a unique perspective on liberation for gender nonconforming individuals and is an imperative documentary for anyone looking to fully understand the origins and evolution of the LGBT movement.
Alexander Ryll
A crucial look at not just the violence against transgender people but the long-fought struggle that trans people have had (and still have) within their own community. Aug 27, 2018 | Full Review…
A crucial look at not just the violence against transgender people but the long-fought struggle that trans people have had (and still have) within their own community.
Erik Anderson
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson leaves questions unanswered, and relaying just what that lack of closure feels like to those who have known a trans person whose death has remained unsolved is precisely the point. Jun 12, 2018 | Full Review…
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson leaves questions unanswered, and relaying just what that lack of closure feels like to those who have known a trans person whose death has remained unsolved is precisely the point.
Rich Juzwiak
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson is an emotional journey, its true crime elements outweighed by the heavy stories of all the gay and trans activists that fought and died for the rights the community has today. Dec 19, 2017 | Full Review…
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson is an emotional journey, its true crime elements outweighed by the heavy stories of all the gay and trans activists that fought and died for the rights the community has today.
Brett White
They also highlight Johnson's own story, fleshing it out and colouring in some of the lines of her story. Nov 2, 2017 | Rating: B | Full Review…
They also highlight Johnson's own story, fleshing it out and colouring in some of the lines of her story.
Glenn Dunks
... the filmmaker illuminates the social differences that prevent trans integration even within the LGBT movement. [Full review in Spanish] Oct 27, 2017 | Full Review…
... the filmmaker illuminates the social differences that prevent trans integration even within the LGBT movement. [Full review in Spanish]
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