- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- September 21, 1937
- Place of Birth
- Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Died
- January 24, 2013
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 tho…
Filmography
movieExu Rei - Abdias do Nascimento
2017 · Himself
moviePaper and Sea
2012 · João Cândido
movieRenascimento Africano
2012 · Self, Director
movieAbdias Nascimento
2011
movie5x Favela, Now by Ourselves
2010
movieZona Carioca do Porto
2006 · Director
movieIn Evil Hour
2006 · Carmichael
movieReferências
2006 · Self, Director
movieDaughters of the Wind
2005 · Marquinhos
movieSamba no Trem
2005 · Self / Interviewer, Writer, Director
movieRepública Tiradentes
2005 · Self / Interviewer, Director
movieO Homem que Sabia Javanês
2004 · Africano
movieVeja & Ouça - Maria Baderna no Brasil
2004
Oswaldo Cruz, o Médico do Brasil
movieOswaldo Cruz, o Médico do Brasil
2003
movieThe Forest
2002 · Procópio
movieBanda de Ipanema — Folia de Albino
2002 · Self
moviePequena África
2001 · Director
movieAbolition
1988 · Director, Writer
movieNatal da Portela
1988
movieO Olho amarelo do tigre
1988
Memória Viva
movieMemória Viva
1987
movieFrente Negra Brasileira
1985 · Director
movieQuilombo
1984 · Stone Man
tvChico Anysio Show
1982 · Tonho Malvadeza
movieThe Girl and the Rapist
1982 · Pedro
movieAniceto do Império: Dia de Alforria
1981 · Director, Writer
movieGiselle
1980 · Jorge
movieParceiros da Aventura
1979 · Motorista da greve
movieBlack Goddess
1978
movieAna, a Libertina
1975
moviePureza Proibida
1975 · Chico
movieBrutos Inocentes
1974 · João Capataz
movieSagarana: O Duelo
1974 · Demônio
movieArtesanato do Samba
1974 · Narrador, Screenplay, Editor, Director, Producer, Sound
movieHung Up
1973
movieSoul in the Eye
1973 · , Director, Writer, Producer
movieThe Suns of Easter Island
1972 · Helvio
movieThe Palace of Angels
1970 · Embaixador
movieThe Godless Bandit
1970 · Ariranha
movieThe War of Pelados
1970 · Vitorino
movieRepública da Traição
1970
movieGarden of War
1969
tvVidas em Conflito
1969 · Rodney
movieOur Lady of Compassion
1969 · Jesus
movieCompasso de Espera
1969 · Jorge de Oliveira
movieTrue Brazil
1968
movieThe Naked Man
1968 · Homem da mudança
movieSatan's Feats in the Village of Take-and-Bring
1967
movieThe Girl from Ipanema
1967 · Jovem na Praia
movieEntranced Earth
1967 · Repórter
movieImprovised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
1967 · Self
movieEl Justicero
1967
movieO Engano
1967 · Amante
Queima de Arquivo
movieQueima de Arquivo
1967
movieGrande Sertão
1965
movieGanga Zumba
1963
movieFive Times Favela
1962 · (segment "Pedreira de São Diego")