Art and Pep – 2022
Art Johnston and Pepe Peña are civil rights leaders whose life and love is a force behind LGBTQ+ equality in the heart of the country. Their iconic gay bar, Sidetrack, has helped fuel movements and create community for decades in Chicago’s queer enclave. But, behind the business and their historic activism exists a love unlike any other. The documentary film ART AND PEP tells the inspiring story of the long struggle for equality and their fight to love freely.
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Greg Harris
Arthur Johnston
Cleve Jones
Lori Lightfoot
Jose Pepe Pena, Mike Simmons
CHICAGO– ART AND PEP, a feature documentary about LGBTQ+ civil rights leaders Art Johnston and José Pepe Peña, owners of the iconic Sidetrack bar in Chicago, will be available publicly beginning on June 1, 2023, to kick off Pride Month. For more than 40 years, Johnston and Peña have been a driving force behind LGBTQ+ equality in the heart of the country, with their bar fueling movements and creating community in Chicago’s Northside queer enclave. After screening at 25+ film festivals across the world, the film premiered on Peacock beginning on June 1, 2023
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Art and Pep – 2022
Art and Pep – 2022, Art and Pep, Gay Movies, Gay Cinema, Queer Movies, Gaymen, Greg Harris, Arthur Johnston, Cleve Jones, Lori Lightfoot, Jose Pepe Pena, Mike Simmons, Mercedes Kane
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