ART AND PEP

Their activism is a love unlike any other. Art and Pep are the owners of Chicago’s iconic bar, Sidetrack. As civil rights leaders who have been fighting for LGBTQ+ equality for decades, their activism is the focus of their struggle to live and love freely. Filmmakers Attending for post-screening Q&A.

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Fri, Mar 17th, 7:00 PM @ Rialto Cinemas® #9

DONNA

Donna Personna first hit the stage with the legendary Cockettes. Ecstatic lip-synching in San Francisco’s downtown bars was a far cry from Donna’s Baptist upbringing in San Jose. Her story proves: it’s never too late to find your métier and truly blossom. Filmmaker Attending, Post-Screening Q&A.

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Sun, Mar 19th, 2:15 PM @ Little Red Hen – SCA

HOPE ACRE

Set in Sebastopol, Bonnie and Jai own Hope Acre Farm where they grow organic tomatoes and beans. With a flock of animals and a new baby, they bring on more hands with the help of volunteers. Filmmakers Attending, Post-Screening Q&A.

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Sun, Mar 19th, 12:00 PM @ Little Red Hen – SCA

JEWELLE:  A JUST VISION

From Black Power in late-60s Boston, to AIDS activism in mid-80s New York, to Marriage Equality in early-10s San Francisco, this profile shines a hope-filled spotlight on Lambda Award-winning novelist, activist and philanthropist Jewelle Gomez. Filmmaker Attending, Post-Screening Q&A.

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Sat, Mar 18th, 5:30 PM @ Rialto Cinemas® #9

INSIDE THE BEAUTY BUBBLE

Enter The Beauty Bubble Salon & Museum, a pastel dreamland of 3,000 vintage beauty artifacts in the desert community of Joshua Tree, California and meet its owner, proprietor, and “America’s hairstorian” Jeff Hafler.  Filmmakers Attending, Post-Screening Q&A for live event.

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Sat, Mar 18th, 1:30 PM @ Rialto Cinemas® #6

NELLIE AND NADINE

Theirs is the unlikely love story between two women who fell in love on Christmas Eve, 1944, in the Ravensbruck concentration camp, a German camp exclusively for women. Despite being separated in the last months of the war, they manage to reunite and spend the rest of their life together.

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Sat, Mar 18th, 12:15 PM @ Robert Brent Auditorium – SCA

THE RUTH BRINKER STORY

Retired food-service worker, Ruth Brinker, became a pioneer of HIV care in her community and would become a legend among San Franciscans. Along with her team of volunteers, Ruth founded Project Open Hand, the largest provider of nutrition to the HIV/AIDS community.  Filmmakers Attending, Post-Screening Q&A for live event.

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Sat, Mar 18th, 5:30 PM @ Rialto Cinemas® #9

Some  OUTwatch films are available for online viewing after they are screened to a live audience.

There are other SDFF documentaries that are LGBTQI-themed.  Including:

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM IN PRISON

PROGNOSIS – NOTES ON LIVING

For more information, go to:  https://sebastopolfilmfestival.org

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