Zózimo Bulbul
Known for: Acting
Born: September 21, 1937
Died: January 24, 2013
Place of birth: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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.
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Filmography
55 movies · 2 TV shows, newest first
7.8
Exu Rei - Abdias do Nascimento
2017
7.5
Paper and Sea
2012
NR
Renascimento Africano
2012
NR
Abdias Nascimento
2011
5.2
5x Favela, Now by Ourselves
2010
NR
Zona Carioca do Porto
2006
5.7
In Evil Hour
2006
NR
Referências
2006
6.4
Daughters of the Wind
2005
NR
Samba no Trem
2005
NR
República Tiradentes
2005
NR
O Homem que Sabia Javanês
2004
NR
Veja & Ouça - Maria Baderna no Brasil
2004NR
Oswaldo Cruz, o Médico do Brasil
2003
6.1
The Forest
2002
NR
Banda de Ipanema — Folia de Albino
2002
7.0
Pequena África
2001
6.9
Abolition
1988
7.1
Natal da Portela
1988
NR
O Olho amarelo do tigre
19887.0
Memória Viva
1987
NR
Frente Negra Brasileira
1985
6.9
Quilombo
1984
9.0
Chico Anysio Show
1982
5.6
The Girl and the Rapist
1982
NR
Aniceto do Império: Dia de Alforria
1981
4.5
Giselle
1980
9.0
Parceiros da Aventura
1979
10.0
Black Goddess
1978
10.0
Ana, a Libertina
1975
9.0
Pureza Proibida
1975
10.0
Brutos Inocentes
1974
6.7
Sagarana: O Duelo
1974
NR
Artesanato do Samba
1974
10.0
Hung Up
1973
8.9
Soul in the Eye
1973
6.4
The Suns of Easter Island
1972
5.8
The Palace of Angels
1970
9.0
The Godless Bandit
1970
5.8
The War of Pelados
1970
6.3
República da Traição
1970
7.1
Garden of War
196910.0
Vidas em Conflito
1969
7.0
Our Lady of Compassion
1969
8.3
Compasso de Espera
1969
9.0
True Brazil
1968
5.9
The Naked Man
1968
6.7
Satan's Feats in the Village of Take-and-Bring
1967
6.3
The Girl from Ipanema
1967
7.2
Entranced Earth
1967
7.5
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
1967
5.9
El Justicero
1967
9.0
O Engano
1967NR
Queima de Arquivo
1967
5.2
Grande Sertão
1965
6.6
Ganga Zumba
1963
7.9
Five Times Favela
1962