The past decade has seen a growing interest in Marsha P. Johnson and her legacy. In 2018, the New York Times published a 26-year belated obituary in her honor. In 2019, Bill De Blasio announced that New York City would honor her with a monument, per CNN. Then, there have been various documentaries and film projects. In 2017, David France debuted "The Death and Life Marsha P. Johnson" on Netflix. It premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and focused on the efforts of investigator Victoria Cruz, who was looking into Johnson's mysterious death on behalf of the NYC Anti-Violence Project, per IndieWire. Filmmaker Reina Gossett accused France of stealing her idea and the research she had done to produce her own film with colleague Sasha Wortzel, which he refuted, per IndieWire. Gossett and Wortzel released a short fictional film about Johnson's life in the hours before the Stonewall riots, titled "Happy Birthday, Marsha!" (via the film's official website). It was released in 2017, per IMDb.
In 2012, filmmaker Michael Kasino released "Pay It No Mind: The Life And Times Marsha P. Johnson." It contained footage of her last interview in 1992, along with interviews of her friends and colleagues. In the documentary, delved into very personal aspects of her life, including her relationship with religion (per IndieWire).
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