Biography
Abdias do Nascimento (March 14, 1914 – May 23, 2011) was a prominent African Brazilian scholar, writer, visual artist, politician, poet, actor, playwright, and Pan-African activist, who created the Black Experimental Theater (1944) and the Black Arts Museum (1950), organized the National Convention of Brazilian Blacks (1946), the First Congress of Brazilian Blacks (1950), and the Third Congress of Black Culture in the Americas (1982). Professor Emeritus, State University of New York at Buffalo, he was the first Afro-Brazilian member of Congress to champion black people's human and civil rights in the National Legislature, where in 1983 he presented the first Brazilian proposals for affirmative action legislation.
Filmography
all 12
Movies 12
self 8
Self
Othelo, O Grande (2023)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday (2020)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Negro em Mim (2020)
Movie
Self
De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade (2020)
Movie
Himself
Exu Rei - Abdias do Nascimento (2017)
Movie
Abdias do Nascimento - Memória Negra (2008)
Movie
CINEMA NOIR (2004)
Movie
Self
Ôrí (1989)
Movie
Self
Abolição (1988)
Movie
Self
Fala Mangueira! (1983)
Movie
(segment 'Escola de Samba Alegria de Viver')
Cinco Vezes Favela (1962)
Movie
Chico
O Homem do Sputnik (1959)
Movie
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1914-03-14
Deathday2011-05-23 (97 years old)
Birth PlaceFranca, Brazil
CitizenshipsBrazil
Also Known AsAbdias Nascimento, Abdias do Nascimento
Awardshonorary doctor of the University of Brasília, Ordem do Mérito Cultural
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