JOIN THE CLUB

SYNOPSIS

When the AIDS epidemic sweeps through his community, Dennis Peron, San Francisco’s biggest pot dealer, realizes that marijuana is more than a good time—it’s medicine. In the wake of his lover’s death, he 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. Join the Club uncovers the Queer history of marijuana legalization in America.

World Premiere

BFI Flare, 2024

"JOIN THE CLUB is an excellent documentary that serves as a history lesson of Dennis Peron, a charismatic leader and gay rights activist who also happened to make over $2 million a month selling pot. It also deals with the HIV/AIDs epidemic and the significance of activism."
Jim Farmer
Out on Film

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Chris O'Connell, Kip Andersen

Documentary

English

USA

2024

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