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Lampião da Esquina: Lighting Up Brazilian Press

📅 8/18/2016⏱️ 82 minutes8.0/10

Overview

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.

Release Date

August 18, 2016

Runtime

82 minutes

Rating

8.0/10(1 votes)

Status

Released

Genres

Documentary

Cast

Content Source

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