Acting
Zózimo Bulbul
PT, EN, FR cinema · 55 credits
Born
21 September 1937
Died
24 January 2013 (aged 75)
Birthplace
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.
Known for
Filmography
Renascimento Africano
as Self, Director
Paper and Sea
as João Cândido
In Evil Hour
as Carmichael
Referências
as Self, Director
República Tiradentes
as Self / Interviewer, Director
Samba no Trem
as Self / Interviewer, Writer, Director
Daughters of the Wind
as Marquinhos
O Homem que Sabia Javanês
as Africano
The Forest
as Procópio
Pequena África
Director
Abolition
Director, Writer
Quilombo
as Stone Man
Aniceto do Império: Dia de Alforria
Director, Writer
Giselle
as Jorge
Parceiros da Aventura
as Motorista da greve
Pureza Proibida
as Chico
Artesanato do Samba
as Narrador, Screenplay, Editor, Director, Producer, Sound
Sagarana: O Duelo
as Demônio
Brutos Inocentes
as João Capataz
Soul in the Eye
Actor, Director, Writer, Producer
Hung Up
Actor
The Palace of Angels
as Embaixador
The War of Pelados
as Vitorino
The Godless Bandit
as Ariranha
Compasso de Espera
as Jorge de Oliveira
The Naked Man
as Homem da mudança
O Engano
as Amante
Entranced Earth
as Repórter
The Girl from Ipanema
as Jovem na Praia
Five Times Favela
as (segment "Pedreira de São Diego")