Lampião da Esquina: Lighting Up Brazilian Press (2016)

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.

Released

2016-08-18

Genres

Documentary

Runtime

82 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Lívia Perez, Noel Carvalho

TMDB rating

8.0/10 from 1 votes