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.
Personal Details
Movies (50)
Exu Rei - Abdias do Nascimento
as Himself
2017
Paper and Sea
as João Cândido
2012
Renascimento Africano
as Self
2012
Abdias Nascimento
2011
5x Favela, Now by Ourselves
2010
Zona Carioca do Porto
Director (Directing)
2006
In Evil Hour
as Carmichael
2006
Referências
as Self
2006
Daughters of the Wind
as Marquinhos
2005
Samba no Trem
as Self / Interviewer
2005
República Tiradentes
as Self / Interviewer
2005
O homem que sabia javanês
as Africano
2004
Veja & Ouça - Maria Baderna no Brasil
2004
Oswaldo Cruz, o Médico do Brasil
2003
The Forest
as Procópio
2002
Banda de Ipanema — Folia de Albino
as Self
2002
Pequena África
Director (Directing)
2001
Abolition
Director (Directing)
1988
Natal da Portela
1988
O Olho amarelo do tigre
1988
Memória Viva
1987
Frente Negra Brasileira
Director (Directing)
1985
Quilombo
as Stone Man
1984
The Girl and the Rapist
as Pedro
1982
Aniceto do Império: Dia de Alforria
Director (Directing)
1981
Giselle
as Jorge
1980
Parceiros da Aventura
as Motorista da greve
1979
Black Goddess
1978
Ana, a Libertina
1975
Pureza Proibida
as Chico
1975
Brutos Inocentes
as João Capataz
1974
Sagarana: O Duelo
as Demônio
1974
Artesanato do Samba
as Narrador
1974
Hung Up
1973
Soul in the Eye
1973
The Suns of Easter Island
as Helvio
1972
The Palace of Angels
as Embaixador
1970
The Godless Bandit
as Ariranha
1970
The War of Pelados
as Vitorino
1970
República da Traição
1970
Garden of War
1969
Our Lady of Compassion
as Jesus
1969
Compasso de Espera
as Jorge de Oliveira
1969
True Brazil
1968
The Naked Man
as Homem da mudança
1968
Satan's Feats in the Village of Take-and-Bring
1967
The Girl from Ipanema
as Jovem na Praia
1967
Entranced Earth
as Repórter
1967
El Justicero
1967
O Engano
as Amante
1967