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Lampião da Esquina: Lighting Up Brazilian Press

8 average rating
★★★★★
8
English / 82 MIN. / 2016

The Genres

The Synopsis

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.

The Cast

João Silvério TrevisanAguinaldo SilvaCelso CuriGlauco MattosoLaerte CoutinhoLuiz Carlos LacerdaWinston LeylandNey MatogrossoEdy StarPeter FryAlceste PinheiroAntônio Carlos MoreiraJoão Carlos RodriguesDolores RodriguesLeci Brandão

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