Happy Birthday, Marsha!

Name: Happy Birthday, Marsha!
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 2018-03-10
Duration: 14 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Mya Taylor, Eve Lindley, Cherno Biko, Rios O'Leary-Tagiuri, Cyrus Dunham

2018·Drama·14m

7.1

★

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.

Directed by Tourmaline and Sasha Wortzel

new york city

drag queen

lgbt

stonewall riot

lgbt activist

queer activism

1960s

transgender rights

short film

IMDB

N/A

Cast

Mya Taylor

Marsha P. Johnson

Eve Lindley

Sylvia Rivera

Cherno Biko

Andorra Marks

Cyrus Dunham

Junior

Marsha P. Johnson

Self (archival footage)

Crew

Sasha Wortzel

Director

Sasha Wortzel

Writer

Jessica Dunn Rovinelli

Editor

Arthur Jafa

Director of Photography

Sasha Wortzel

Producer

Luisa Conlon

Producer

Zackary Drucker

Consulting Producer

Popular Reviews

8 reviews

Grace S

A bit messy and the acting is a bit stiff/uncanny, but I do love the mix of archival footage and fiction-documentary. Also, the psychedelic feel/look that comes in and out is a really nice touch.

*Marsha P. Johnson is one hell of a queen

PeachSprite

8.6★ · 02/26/25

legend has it film cooper still watches this for fashion inspo to this day

Dorian

8.0★ · 11/19/22

last year i accidentally found myself at stonewall on marshas birthday while wandering the streets with a few friends and it was the most beautiful little thing with people dancing and a little podium covered in flowers done in her honor people were gathered to celebrate someone so key in history it was breathtaking

sil

10.0★ · 06/13/20

PLS watch this on prima or buy it/rent it on vimeo, it is not expensive and it's worth every single cent, absolutely beautiful, marsha must've been a beautiful person and her life deserves to be celebrated and remembered.

Lauren

5.5★ · 04/10/25