Lampião da Esquina: Lighting Up Brazilian Press
Lampião da Esquina
Watch lampião da esquina: lighting up brazilian press HDToday. 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.
- Genre: Documentary
- Country: Brazil
- Director: Noel Carvalho
- Cast: João Silvério Trevisan, Luiz Carlos Lacerda, Ney Matogrosso, Aguinaldo Silva, Laerte Coutinho, Glauco Mattoso, Edy Star, Leci Brandão, Peter Fry,
