Lampião da Esquina: Lighting Up Brazilian Press

Directed by Noel Carvalho and Lívia Perez

With João Silvério Trevisan, Aguinaldo Silva, Celso Curi, Glauco Mattoso and Laerte Coutinho

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.