Zózimo Bulbul
Acting • Born 1937-09-21 – Died 2013-01-24
Biography
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.
Filmography
51 credits
Abdias Nascimento
Movie • 2011
The Girl and the Rapist
Movie • 1982
Pedro
Giselle
Movie • 1980
Jorge
República Tiradentes
Movie • 2005
Self / Interviewer
Ganga Zumba
Movie • 1963
Samba no Trem
Movie • 2005
Self / Interviewer
Veja & Ouça - Maria Baderna no Brasil
Movie • 2004
In Evil Hour
Movie • 2006
Carmichael
The Suns of Easter Island
Movie • 1972
Helvio
Artesanato do Samba
Movie • 1974
Narrador
Banda de Ipanema — Folia de Albino
Movie • 2002
Self
Our Lady of Compassion
Movie • 1969
Jesus
Parceiros da Aventura
Movie • 1979
Motorista da greve
Compasso de Espera
Movie • 1969
Jorge de Oliveira
Daughters of the Wind
Movie • 2005
Marquinhos
Soul in the Eye
Movie • 1973
Five Times Favela
Movie • 1962
(segment "Pedreira de São Diego")
Grande Sertão
Movie • 1965
O Engano
Movie • 1967
Amante
The Naked Man
Movie • 1968
Homem da mudança
Satan's Feats in the Village of Take-and-Bring
Movie • 1967
El Justicero
Movie • 1967
Sagarana: O Duelo
Movie • 1974
Demônio
Garden of War
Movie • 1969
Entranced Earth
Movie • 1967
Repórter
5x Favela, Now by Ourselves
Movie • 2010
The War of Pelados
Movie • 1970
Vitorino
The Palace of Angels
Movie • 1970
Embaixador
Natal da Portela
Movie • 1988
The Forest
Movie • 2002
Procópio
Quilombo
Movie • 1984
Stone Man
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Movie • 1967
Self
Memória Viva
Movie • 1987
Queima de Arquivo
Movie • 1967
The Godless Bandit
Movie • 1970
Ariranha
The Girl from Ipanema
Movie • 1967
Jovem na Praia
Black Goddess
Movie • 1978
Hung Up
Movie • 1973
True Brazil
Movie • 1968
Oswaldo Cruz, o Médico do Brasil
Movie • 2003
Pureza Proibida
Movie • 1975
Chico
República da Traição
Movie • 1970
Renascimento Africano
Movie • 2012
Self
Exu Rei - Abdias do Nascimento
Movie • 2017
Himself
Paper and Sea
Movie • 2012
João Cândido
O Homem que Sabia Javanês
Movie • 2004
Africano
Ana, a Libertina
Movie • 1975
Brutos Inocentes
Movie • 1974
João Capataz
Referências
Movie • 2006
Self
O Olho amarelo do tigre
Movie • 1988
Vidas em Conflito
TV • 1969
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