Lampião da Esquina: Lighting Up Brazilian Press

Name: Lampião da Esquina: Lighting Up Brazilian Press
Director: Lívia Perez
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2016-08-18T
Duration: 82 min
Rating: 8.0
Cast: João Silvério Trevisan, Luiz Carlos Lacerda, Ney Matogrosso, Aguinaldo Silva, Laerte Coutinho

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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.

Actor: João Silvério Trevisan, Luiz Carlos Lacerda, Ney Matogrosso, Aguinaldo Silva, Laerte Coutinho, Glauco Mattoso, Edy Star, Leci Brandão, Peter Fry

Director: Lívia Perez, Noel Carvalho

Years: 2016

Country: Brazil

Quality: HD

Production: Canal Brasil

Lampião da Esquina: Lighting Up Brazilian Press

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