Stay Woke: 25 Moving Documentaries That Show the Intricacies of the Black Experience

The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson centers around gender non-comforming activist and Stonewall veteran Marsha P. Johnson. The film showcases her efforts to support gay rights while addressing the struggles of being both a person of color and gender non-comforming in America. It also explores Johnson's haunting and mysterious death. In 1992, her body was found floating in the Hudson River, and police ruled it a suicide. However, Marsha's family and members of the community cite evidence that Johnson was actually murdered.

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