Lampião da Esquina: Lighting Up Brazilian Press

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2016

Documentary

1 hour 22 minutes

Summary

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.

Original NameLampião da Esquina (Lampião da Esquina: Lighting Up Brazilian Press)

StatusReleased: 8 years ago
August 18, 2016

LanguagePortuguês

Spoken LanguagesEnglish, Português

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