LAMPIAO, LIGHTING UP THE BRAZILIAN PRESS

lívia perez

2016, 82’

Inspired by the American paper Gay Sunshine, in 1978 appeared in Brazil, during the dictatorship, the newspaper O Lampião, depicting the point of view of homosexuals 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.

about the director lívia perez

Livia Perez is a filmmaker and Ph.D candidate in Meios e Processos Audiovisuais (ECAUSP) with a Masters’ degree in Multimeios from the University of Campinas and one-year experience in Cinema and Audiovisual at University of Paris III (Sorbonne Nouvelle). She directed the documentary feature Lampiao, Lighting up the Brazilian Press; the short film Who Killed Eloá?, awarded as, Best Short Documentary at the Genii Awards (AWMSOCAL), among others, and the multiplatform documentary Se Eu Demorar uns Meses. 

TRAILER  

original title

LAMPIÃO DA ESQUINA

country

Brazil

ratings

16

screenplay

Lívia Perez

cinematography

Felipe Vieira, André Menezes

editing

Henrique Cartaxo

production designer

Demetrius Daffara

sound

Giovanni Francischelli

sound designer

Eduardo Barbosa

soundtrack

Paulo Azeviche

producer

Giovanni Francischelli, Lívia Perez

executive producer

Giovanni Francischelli

production company

Doctela - Mídia e Comunicação

associate producer

Canal Brasil

cast

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

contact

contato@doctela.com.br

Inspired by the American paper Gay Sunshine, in 1978 appeared in Brazil, during the dictatorship, the newspaper O Lampião, depicting the point of view of homosexuals 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.

about the director lívia perez

Livia Perez is a filmmaker and Ph.D candidate in Meios e Processos Audiovisuais (ECAUSP) with a Masters’ degree in Multimeios from the University of Campinas and one-year experience in Cinema and Audiovisual at University of Paris III (Sorbonne Nouvelle). She directed the documentary feature Lampiao, Lighting up the Brazilian Press; the short film Who Killed Eloá?, awarded as, Best Short Documentary at the Genii Awards (AWMSOCAL), among others, and the multiplatform documentary Se Eu Demorar uns Meses.