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.
52 acting credits · 11 directing credits
Acting · 52
Chico Anysio Show
1982
Giselle
1980
Entranced Earth
1967
Quilombo
1984
Ganga Zumba
1963
The Girl from Ipanema
1967
The Girl and the Rapist
1982
Vidas em Conflito
1969
5x Favela, Now by Ourselves
2010
Hung Up
1973
The Forest
2002
Ana, a Libertina
1975
Daughters of the Wind
2005
Five Times Favela
1962
The Suns of Easter Island
1972
Artesanato do Samba
1974
Natal da Portela
1988
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
1967
Referências
2006
True Brazil
1968
Our Lady of Compassion
1969
Black Goddess
1978
The Palace of Angels
1970
Satan's Feats in the Village of Take-and-Bring
1967
Parceiros da Aventura
1979
Sagarana: O Duelo
1974
República da Traição
1970
The Naked Man
1968
Banda de Ipanema — Folia de Albino
2002
El Justicero
1967
Garden of War
1969
Compasso de Espera
1969
Memória Viva
1987
Veja & Ouça - Maria Baderna no Brasil
2004
Soul in the Eye
1973
Abdias Nascimento
2011
Exu Rei - Abdias do Nascimento
2017
In Evil Hour
2006
Oswaldo Cruz, o Médico do Brasil
2003
O Engano
1967
The War of Pelados
1970
O Olho amarelo do tigre
1988
Pureza Proibida
1975
Samba no Trem
2005
Grande Sertão
1965
Paper and Sea
2012
The Godless Bandit
1970
Renascimento Africano
2012
Queima de Arquivo
1967
Brutos Inocentes
1974
O Homem que Sabia Javanês
2004
República Tiradentes
2005
Directing · 11
Artesanato do Samba
1974
Referências
2006
Soul in the Eye
1973
Abolition
1988
Pequena África
2001
Samba no Trem
2005
Aniceto do Império: Dia de Alforria
1981
Renascimento Africano
2012
República Tiradentes
2005
Zona Carioca do Porto
2006
Frente Negra Brasileira
1985