Art and Pep
- Director: Mercedes Kane
- Producer: Nathaniel Freyman, Kevin Hauswirth, Mercedes Kane
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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.
Trailer...
ART AND PEP Trailer from Daisy May Films on Vimeo.
Cast & Characters
Cleve Jones
Lori Lightfoot
Greg Harris
Arthur Johnston
José Pepe Peña
Mike Simmons