Lampião da Esquina: Lighting Up Brazilian Press

Lampião da Esquina: Lighting Up Brazilian Press (2016)

Lampião da Esquina

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.

Date of release
2016-08-18
TMDB
8.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 22m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Lívia Perez, Noel Carvalho

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