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Lampião da Esquina: Lighting Up Brazilian Press

8.0 82 mins Documentary   2016
Canal Brasil  
Director(s): 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.

Casts of Lampião da Esquina: Lighting Up Brazilian Press

Luiz Carlos Lacerda

as Himself

Ney Matogrosso

as Himself

Aguinaldo Silva

as Himself

Laerte Coutinho

as Herself

Glauco Mattoso

as Himself

Edy Star

as Himself

Leci Brandão

as Herself

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