Lampião da Esquina: Lighting Up Brazilian Press

Original title: Lampião da Esquina
Duration: 82 min
Release date: 2016-08-18
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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.

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Lampião da Esquina

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