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
Giselle (1980)
as Jorge
Grande Sertão (1965)
Actor
Entranced Earth (1967)
as Repórter
Our Lady of Compassion (1969)
as Jesus
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo (1967)
as Self
The Girl and the Rapist (1982)
as Pedro
Abdias Nascimento (2011)
Actor
The War of Pelados (1970)
as Vitorino
Veja & Ouça - Maria Baderna no Brasil (2004)
Actor
The Godless Bandit (1970)
as Ariranha
Renascimento Africano (2012)
as Self
Exu Rei - Abdias do Nascimento (2017)
as Himself
5x Favela, Now by Ourselves (2010)
Actor
Oswaldo Cruz, o Médico do Brasil (2003)
Actor
The Palace of Angels (1970)
as Embaixador
In Evil Hour (2006)
as Carmichael
Sagarana: O Duelo (1974)
as Demônio
Natal da Portela (1988)
Actor
Pureza Proibida (1975)
as Chico
República Tiradentes (2005)
as Self / Interviewer
Daughters of the Wind (2005)
as Marquinhos
Satan's Feats in the Village of Take-and-Bring (1967)
Actor
The Suns of Easter Island (1972)
as Helvio
The Girl from Ipanema (1967)
as Jovem na Praia
Compasso de Espera (1969)
as Jorge de Oliveira
Quilombo (1984)
as Stone Man
Black Goddess (1978)
Actor
The Forest (2002)
as Procópio
Paper and Sea (2012)
as João Cândido
Five Times Favela (1962)
as (segment "Pedreira de São Diego")
Banda de Ipanema — Folia de Albino (2002)
as Self
Ana, a Libertina (1975)
Actor
República da Traição (1970)
Actor
The Naked Man (1968)
as Homem da mudança
Samba no Trem (2005)
as Self / Interviewer
Parceiros da Aventura (1979)
as Motorista da greve
O Homem que Sabia Javanês (2004)
as Africano
O Olho amarelo do tigre (1988)
Actor
El Justicero (1967)
Actor
Ganga Zumba (1963)
Actor
Soul in the Eye (1973)
Actor
Referências (2006)
as Self
Hung Up (1973)
Actor
Garden of War (1969)
Actor
O Engano (1967)
as Amante
True Brazil (1968)
Actor
Artesanato do Samba (1974)
as Narrador
Memória Viva (1987)
Actor
Brutos Inocentes (1974)
as João Capataz
Queima de Arquivo (1967)
Actor