Known For
Acting
Born
Sep 21, 1937
Died
Jan 24, 2013
Place of Birth
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Credits
57 titles
Zózimo Bulbul
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.
Known For
Filmography
Exu Rei - Abdias do Nascimento
Himself
Paper and Sea
João Cândido
Renascimento Africano
Self
Abdias Nascimento
5x Favela, Now by Ourselves
Zona Carioca do Porto
Director
In Evil Hour
Carmichael
Referências
Self
Daughters of the Wind
Marquinhos
Samba no Trem
Self / Interviewer
República Tiradentes
Self / Interviewer
O Homem que Sabia Javanês
Africano
Veja & Ouça - Maria Baderna no Brasil
Oswaldo Cruz, o Médico do Brasil
The Forest
Procópio
Banda de Ipanema — Folia de Albino
Self
Pequena África
Director
Abolition
Director
Natal da Portela
O Olho amarelo do tigre
Memória Viva
Frente Negra Brasileira
Director
Quilombo
Stone Man
Chico Anysio Show
Tonho Malvadeza
The Girl and the Rapist
Pedro
Aniceto do Império: Dia de Alforria
Director
Giselle
Jorge
Parceiros da Aventura
Motorista da greve
Black Goddess
Ana, a Libertina
Pureza Proibida
Chico
Brutos Inocentes
João Capataz
Sagarana: O Duelo
Demônio
Artesanato do Samba
Narrador
Hung Up
Soul in the Eye
The Suns of Easter Island
Helvio
The Palace of Angels
Embaixador
The Godless Bandit
Ariranha
The War of Pelados
Vitorino
República da Traição
Garden of War
Vidas em Conflito
Rodney
Our Lady of Compassion
Jesus
Compasso de Espera
Jorge de Oliveira
True Brazil
The Naked Man
Homem da mudança
Satan's Feats in the Village of Take-and-Bring
The Girl from Ipanema
Jovem na Praia
Entranced Earth
Repórter