Lampião da Esquina: Lighting Up Brazilian Press
2016, Portuguese. Directed by Noel Carvalho & Lívia Perez.
Inspired by the US paper “Gay Sunshine”, in April of 1978 appeared in Brazil – during the dictatorship – the newspaper “O Lampião”, depicting the point of view of gays on various issues, including sexuality. A group of journalists and writers from Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo joined the project, fueling a publication that paved the way for the press at the time, addressing controversial issues at the period, such as racism, abortion, drugs and prostitution.
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- 1h 22m
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- Portuguese
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- Released
- 18 August 2016
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- Lampião da Esquina
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- Brazil
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Lampião da Esquina: Lighting Up Brazilian Press (2016) was directed by Noel Carvalho and Lívia Perez and stars João Silvério Trevisan, Aguinaldo Silva, Celso Curi.