Zózimo Bulbul
A Brazilian filmmaker, actor, producer and screenwriter, Jorge da Silva, better known by his stage name Zózimo Bulbul, is regarded as a household name of black Brazilian cinema. He was also the founder of Rio de Janeiro's Black Cinema Center ("Centro Afro Carioca de Cinema").
As an actor, he worked in over 30 features, and was directed by filmmakers such as Glauber Rocha (in "Terra em Transe"), Carlos Diegues ("Quilombo") and Antunes Filho ("Compasso de Espera"), becoming the first black man to play a main character in a Brazilian TV soap opera, in 1969's "Vidas em Conflito".
His debut as a filmmaker was 1974's black and white short "Alma no Olho". With his work focusing in raising awareness to Brazilian black culture, Bulbul remained an active filmmaker until his death in 2013. His most well known film, as a director, is 1988's "Abolição", a lengthy documentary that gives critical thoughts on Brazil's 1888's ending of slavery and in what changed for the country's Black people over the course of a century.
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Films (55)
Exu Rei - Abdias do Nascimento
2017 · Himself
Paper and Sea
2012 · João Cândido
Renascimento Africano
2012 · Self, Director
Abdias Nascimento
2011
5x Favela, Now by Ourselves
2010
Zona Carioca do Porto
2006 · Director
In Evil Hour
2006 · Carmichael
Referências
2006 · Self, Director
Daughters of the Wind
2005 · Marquinhos
Samba no Trem
2005 · Self / Interviewer, Writer, Director
República Tiradentes
2005 · Self / Interviewer, Director
O Homem que Sabia Javanês
2004 · Africano
Veja & Ouça - Maria Baderna no Brasil
2004
Oswaldo Cruz, o Médico do Brasil
2003
The Forest
2002 · Procópio
Banda de Ipanema — Folia de Albino
2002 · Self
Pequena África
2001 · Director
Abolition
1988 · Director, Writer
Natal da Portela
1988
O Olho amarelo do tigre
1988
Memória Viva
1987
Frente Negra Brasileira
1985 · Director
Quilombo
1984 · Stone Man
The Girl and the Rapist
1982 · Pedro
Aniceto do Império: Dia de Alforria
1981 · Director, Writer
Giselle
1980 · Jorge
Parceiros da Aventura
1979 · Motorista da greve
Black Goddess
1978
Ana, a Libertina
1975
Pureza Proibida
1975 · Chico
Brutos Inocentes
1974 · João Capataz
Sagarana: O Duelo
1974 · Demônio
Artesanato do Samba
1974 · Narrador, Editor, Screenplay, Director, Sound, Producer
Hung Up
1973
Soul in the Eye
1973 · Director, Writer, Producer
The Suns of Easter Island
1972 · Helvio
The Palace of Angels
1970 · Embaixador
The Godless Bandit
1970 · Ariranha
The War of Pelados
1970 · Vitorino
República da Traição
1970
Garden of War
1969
Our Lady of Compassion
1969 · Jesus
Compasso de Espera
1969 · Jorge de Oliveira
True Brazil
1968
The Naked Man
1968 · Homem da mudança
Satan's Feats in the Village of Take-and-Bring
1967
The Girl from Ipanema
1967 · Jovem na Praia
Entranced Earth
1967 · Repórter
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
1967 · Self
El Justicero
1967
O Engano
1967 · Amante
Queima de Arquivo
1967
Grande Sertão
1965
Ganga Zumba
1963
Five Times Favela
1962 · (segment "Pedreira de São Diego")
