Daisy May Films

03/09/2021

The teaser for ART AND PEP, a documentary film that tells the story of LGBTQ+ progress through the lens of the life and love of Art Johnston and Pepe Peña. Give now: www.artandpep.org.

03/07/2021

Hi friends. For the past 18 months, it has been my honor to direct a film that tells the story of LGBTQ+ progress in Chicago through the lens of the life and love of Art Johnston and Pepe Peña, activists and owners of the legendary Sidetrack The Video Bar. Now we need your help to finish the film. Watch the teaser, donate what you can and share the website with your friends: https://www.artandpep.org/.
This story is more important than ever - thank you for helping us tell it. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

 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 q***r enclave. But, behind the business and their histo...

09/08/2019

Ina Pinkney and Bill’s love story brought to life in the New York Times. Read it, then learn more about Ina’s incredible like in “Breakfast at Ina’s” streaming on Amazon Prime Video now.

The couple endured many changes in their long marriage. But the space between them grew when he took up sailing and she opened her own restaurants.

08/12/2019

"Breakfast at Ina's" is now available to stream on both Amazon and Vimeo. If you don't know Ina Pinkney's story, you should. Please watch, review and support our Daisy May crew!

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/breakfastatinas?fbclid=IwAR2b6SSn6xjSaKYGCfJxghMJL6jXO4p2hdG081Ihn766Dab5Z3S_f64ptvU

12/13/2018

Tonight's the night! Breakfast at Ina's is on WTTW - Chicago PBS at 8pm. Tune in or DVR and have Heavenly Hots with Ina Pinkney this evening.

12/13/2018

Tonight's the night! Catch Breakfast at Ina's on WTTW Studios Chicago at 8pm. Ina Pinkney Sanghoon Lee Terry Jun Kristin Cotts Ryan Atenhan

Ina Pinkney is a Chicago legend of the tastiest kind.

11/08/2016

This is a big day, America.

10/07/2016

Our hearts go out to Haiti during this devastating time.

People walk down the streets next to destroyed houses in Jeremie. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

10/03/2016

Anyone in Ohio, or planing to attend the Chagrin Documentary Film Festival this weekend? If so, don't miss Breakfast at Ina's, which is screening both Friday, October 8 and Sunday, October 10! Although Ina won't be at this particular festival, they will be serving an Ina-style breakfast ...

09/07/2016

We're a little late in announcing this news, but Daisy May Films is partnering with 7th Art Releasing to distribute Breakfast at Ina's. We are extremely excited to work with their seasoned and dedicated team to get Ina's story out into the larger world. Stay tuned for more! - with Ina Pinkney Sanghoon Lee

Ina Pinkney is a Chicago legend of the tastiest kind. Known around town as the “Breakfast Queen”, she has been feeding Chicagoans for the past 33 years – first, out of a small bakery and, most recently, from her beloved breakfast nook in the West Loop. Ina, who survived polio as an infant, now suffe...

08/27/2016

If you're in Birmingham, AL, join us at 10am to watch Breakfast at Ina's at the Sidewalk Film Festival!

08/22/2016

The Sidewalk Film Festival in Birmingham, AL is THIS weekend and Breakfast at Ina's is screening on Saturday morning. Producer and cinematographer Sanghoon Lee will be there for a post show Q&A, and director Mercedes Kane and Ina Pinkney will be there in spirit.

Won't you join us??

Top Ten Festivals for the Rest of Us. Time Magazine