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Indiefest giveaway: Score free tickets to new Dennis Peron doc ‘Join the Club’

We've got 10 pairs of tickets to new movie chronicling the beloved queer cannabis pioneer. Here's how to win!

SF Indiefest is coming February 5-15, and we’ve got 10 pairs of tickets to new documentary Join the Club (Sat/7 at Roxie Theater, SF), about beloved local cannabis pioneer Dennis Peron. TO ENTER: Email marke@48hills.org by Wed/4 at midnight with the subject line “Join the Club” and your full name in the body. Winners will be chosen at random and informed on Thursday morning. Good luck!

ABOUT THE FILM: Dennis Peron is San Francisco’s biggest pot dealer. But when the AIDS epidemic sweeps through his community, Peron realizes that marijuana is more than a good time—it’s medicine. In the wake of his lover’s death, Peron opens the Cannabis Buyers’ Club, a five-story dispensary complete with rainbow murals, drag shows, and doctors onsite. Law enforcement launch a multimillion dollar investigation into the club, but Peron has even larger aspirations, writing a landmark political initiative and leading the fight for change. Following the life of Dennis Peron, Join the Club uncovers the queer history of marijuana legalization in America.

Marke B.
Marke B.
Marke Bieschke is the publisher and arts and culture editor of 48 Hills. He co-owns the Stud bar in SoMa. Reach him at marke (at) 48hills.org, follow @supermarke on Twitter.

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