
Zózimo Bulbul
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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.
Known for
Credits

Grande Sertão (1965)
Actor

Giselle (1980)
as Jorge

Veja & Ouça - Maria Baderna no Brasil (2004)
Actor

Daughters of the Wind (2005)
as Marquinhos

The War of Pelados (1970)
as Vitorino

Abdias Nascimento (2011)
Actor

The Girl and the Rapist (1982)
as Pedro

Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo (1967)
as Self

Entranced Earth (1967)
as Repórter

Pureza Proibida (1975)
as Chico

Black Goddess (1978)
Actor

Samba no Trem (2005)
as Self / Interviewer

República Tiradentes (2005)
as Self / Interviewer

Paper and Sea (2012)
as João Cândido

Sagarana: O Duelo (1974)
as Demônio

The Girl from Ipanema (1967)
as Jovem na Praia

Natal da Portela (1988)
Actor

Compasso de Espera (1969)
as Jorge de Oliveira

República da Traição (1970)
Actor

Soul in the Eye (1973)
Actor

O Olho amarelo do tigre (1988)
Actor

Renascimento Africano (2012)
as Self

The Forest (2002)
as Procópio

The Suns of Easter Island (1972)
as Helvio

Our Lady of Compassion (1969)
as Jesus

5x Favela, Now by Ourselves (2010)
Actor

Quilombo (1984)
as Stone Man

El Justicero (1967)
Actor

The Naked Man (1968)
as Homem da mudança

Exu Rei - Abdias do Nascimento (2017)
as Himself

Ganga Zumba (1963)
Actor

Hung Up (1973)
Actor

Five Times Favela (1962)
as (segment "Pedreira de São Diego")

The Palace of Angels (1970)
as Embaixador

Satan's Feats in the Village of Take-and-Bring (1967)
Actor

The Godless Bandit (1970)
as Ariranha
Oswaldo Cruz, o Médico do Brasil (2003)
Actor

Artesanato do Samba (1974)
as Narrador

Parceiros da Aventura (1979)
as Motorista da greve

Referências (2006)
as Self

Ana, a Libertina (1975)
Actor

Garden of War (1969)
Actor

In Evil Hour (2006)
as Carmichael
Queima de Arquivo (1967)
Actor
Memória Viva (1987)
Actor

True Brazil (1968)
Actor

Brutos Inocentes (1974)
as João Capataz

O Engano (1967)
as Amante

Banda de Ipanema — Folia de Albino (2002)
as Self

O Homem que Sabia Javanês (2004)
as Africano





