Happy Birthday, Marsha! (2018)
It's a hot summer day in June 1969. Marsha plans a birthday party for herself, but no one shows up. Sylvia, Marsha's best friend, suggests they meet at Stonewall instead, where Marsha can perform. When the police arrive to raid the bar, Marsha is among the first to fight back.
- Date of release
- 2018-03-10
- TMDB
- 3.5 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 15m
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Director
- Sasha Wortzel, Tourmaline
Casting
- Mya Taylor — Marsha P. Johnson
- Eve Lindley — Sylvia Rivera
- Cherno Biko — Andorra Marks
- Rios O'Leary-Tagiuri — Bambi L'Amour
- Cyrus Dunham — Junior
- Marsha P. Johnson — Self (archival footage)
- Jay Toole
Interesting facts
Happy Birthday, Marsha! is a 2018 fictional short film that imagines the gay and transgender rights pioneers Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera in the hours that led up to the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City. The film stars Mya Taylor as Johnson and Eve Lindley as Rivera.
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