LGBTQ+ Festival Feature Film: ART AND PEP. Documentary
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Documentary, Independent, LGBT, Special Interest
ART AND PEP, 88min., USA
Directed by Mercedes Kane
Art Johnston took Pepe Peña home one night in 1972 and he never left. Together, they opened Sidetrack, a small bar that’s become a 16,000-foot pillar of Chicago’s gay business district. At Sidetrack, the community sings show tunes on a Sunday and helps elect progressives on a Tuesday. From being on the frontlines of the AIDS crisis to co-founding Equality Illinois, Art and Pep have been leading the fight all along, making Illinois one of the most progressive protectors of LGBTQ+ rights in the country. ART AND PEP is a look back at the long struggle for equality and their fight to love freely - and a look ahead at the work being carried on by a new generation of activists.
http://www.artandpep.org/
https://www.facebook.com/artandpep
https://www.instagram.com/artandpep
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/art-and-pep-review
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