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Zózimo Bulbul

Zózimo Bulbul

Actor · Born 1937-09-21 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Entranced Earth (1967) — Repórter
  2. Quilombo (1984) — Stone Man
  3. The Suns of Easter Island (1972) — Helvio
  4. Giselle (1980) — Jorge
  5. The Girl and the Rapist (1982) — Pedro
  6. Garden of War (1969)
  7. The Forest (2002) — Procópio
  8. Five Times Favela (1962) — (segment "Pedreira de São Diego")
  9. Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo (1967) — Self
  10. Ganga Zumba (1963)
  11. 5x Favela, Now by Ourselves (2010)
  12. El Justicero (1967)
  13. Our Lady of Compassion (1969) — Jesus
  14. Daughters of the Wind (2005) — Marquinhos
  15. The Naked Man (1968) — Homem da mudança
  16. The Girl from Ipanema (1967) — Jovem na Praia
  17. Soul in the Eye (1973)
  18. Satan's Feats in the Village of Take-and-Bring (1967)
  19. The Palace of Angels (1970) — Embaixador
  20. Compasso de Espera (1969) — Jorge de Oliveira
  21. Grande Sertão (1965)
  22. Natal da Portela (1988)
  23. The War of Pelados (1970) — Vitorino
  24. In Evil Hour (2006) — Carmichael
  25. Sagarana: O Duelo (1974) — Demônio
  26. República da Traição (1970)
  27. Exu Rei - Abdias do Nascimento (2017) — Himself
  28. Chico Anysio Show (1982) — Tonho Malvadeza
  29. Parceiros da Aventura (1979) — Motorista da greve
  30. O Engano (1967) — Amante
  31. Memória Viva (1987)
  32. The Godless Bandit (1970) — Ariranha
  33. Black Goddess (1978)
  34. Hung Up (1973)
  35. True Brazil (1968)
  36. Pureza Proibida (1975) — Chico
  37. Paper and Sea (2012) — João Cândido
  38. Ana, a Libertina (1975)
  39. Brutos Inocentes (1974) — João Capataz
  40. Vidas em Conflito (1969) — Rodney

Directed

  1. Abolition (1988) — Director
  2. Soul in the Eye (1973) — Director
  3. Pequena África (2001) — Director
  4. Referências (2006) — Director
  5. Artesanato do Samba (1974) — Director
  6. Frente Negra Brasileira (1985) — Director
  7. Aniceto do Império: Dia de Alforria (1981) — Director
  8. República Tiradentes (2005) — Director
  9. Samba no Trem (2005) — Director
  10. Renascimento Africano (2012) — Director
  11. Zona Carioca do Porto (2006) — Director