The Big Johnson (2025)

Dean Johnson, drag queen, rock star, LGBTQI activist, junkie, genius, escort then John Doe. How does someone so famous in New York die as an unknown in DC? This documentary explores the incredible highs and the crushing lows of Dean Johnson’s life and untimely death. Was it murder? Was it an accident? We may never know, but what is certain is that Dean and “the Big Johnson” changed New York City and all who knew him forever.

Released Feb. 20, 2025 95 min None+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: tmdb.nightlife, tmdb.hiv-aids-epidemic, tmdb.new-york-nightlife, tmdb.punk, tmdb.queer-liberation, mdblist.has-trailer, tmdb.drag-queen + 3 more, tmdb.aids-crisis, tmdb.new-york, tmdb.punk-documentary