Lampião da Esquina: Lighting Up Brazilian Press

Lampião da Esquina: Lighting Up Brazilian Press (2016)

Documentary

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.

Directors: Noel Carvalho, Lívia Perez.

Casts

	João Silvério Trevisan as Self
	Aguinaldo Silva as Self
	Celso Curi as Self
	Glauco Mattoso as Self
	Laerte Coutinho as Self
	Luiz Carlos Lacerda as Self
	Winston Leyland as Self
	Ney Matogrosso as Self
	Edy Star as Self
	Peter Fry as Self
	Alceste Pinheiro as Self
	Antônio Carlos Moreira as Self
	João Carlos Rodrigues as Self
	Dolores Rodrigues as Self
	Leci Brandão as Self

Crew