Happy Birthday, Marsha!

Tourmaline
2018-03-10


1
14 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Mya Taylor Marsha P. Johnson Unowned
Eve Lindley Sylvia Rivera Unowned
Cherno Biko Andorra Marks Unowned
Rios O'Leary-Tagiuri Bambi L'Amour Unowned
Cyrus Grace Dunham Junior Unowned
Marsha P. Johnson Self (archival footage) Unowned