Happy Birthday, Marsha!

Mar 10, 2018

0h 14m

★ 1.0

Overview

It's a hot summer day in June, 1969. Marsha throws herself a birthday party and dreams of performing at a club in town, but no one shows up. Sylvia, Marsha’s best friend, distraught from an unsuccessful introduction between her lover and her family, gets so stoned she forgets about the party. Marsha, Sylvia, and friends eventually meet at the Stonewall Inn to celebrate Marsha's birth. When the police arrive to raid the bar, Marsha and Sylvia are among the first to fight back.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Star People

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Cast

Marsha P. Johnson

Mya Taylor

Sylvia Rivera

Eve Lindley

Andorra Marks

Cherno Biko

Bambi L'Amour

Rios O'Leary-Tagiuri

Junior

Cyrus Grace Dunham

Self (archival footage)

Marsha P. Johnson

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