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.
Acting
Movie
Entranced Earth
as Repórter
1967
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Quilombo
as Stone Man
1984
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The Suns of Easter Island
as Helvio
1972
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Giselle
as Jorge
1980
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The Girl and the Rapist
as Pedro
1982
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Garden of War
1969
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The Forest
as Procópio
2002
Movie
Five Times Favela
as (segment "Pedreira de São Diego")
1962
Movie
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
as Self
1967
Movie
Ganga Zumba
1963
Movie
5x Favela, Now by Ourselves
2010
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El Justicero
1967
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Our Lady of Compassion
as Jesus
1969
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Daughters of the Wind
as Marquinhos
2005
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The Naked Man
as Homem da mudança
1968
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The Girl from Ipanema
as Jovem na Praia
1967
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Soul in the Eye
1973
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Satan's Feats in the Village of Take-and-Bring
1967
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The Palace of Angels
as Embaixador
1970
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Compasso de Espera
as Jorge de Oliveira
1969
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Grande Sertão
1965
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The War of Pelados
as Vitorino
1970
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Natal da Portela
1988
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In Evil Hour
as Carmichael
2006
Crew
Movie
Abolition
Director
1988
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Soul in the Eye
Director
1973
Movie
Pequena África
Director
2001
Movie
Referências
Director
2006
Movie
Artesanato do Samba
Director
1974
Movie
Frente Negra Brasileira
Director
1985
Movie
Aniceto do Império: Dia de Alforria
Director
1981
Movie
República Tiradentes
Director
2005
Movie
Samba no Trem
Director
2005
Movie
Renascimento Africano
Director
2012
Movie
Zona Carioca do Porto
Director
2006