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.
Filmography
all 56
Movies 56
Director 7
self 6
Producer 1
Exu Rei - Abdias do Nascimento (2017)
O Papel e o Mar (2012)
Renascimento Africano (2012)
Abdias Nascimento (2011)
5x Favela, Now by Ourselves (2010)
Zona Carioca do Porto (2006)
In Evil Hour (2006)
Referências (2006)
Daughters of the Wind (2005)
Samba no Trem (2005)
República Tiradentes (2005)
O homem que sabia javanês (2004)
Veja & Ouça - Maria Baderna no Brasil (2004)
Oswaldo Cruz, o Médico do Brasil (2003)
The Forest (2002)
Banda de Ipanema — Folia de Albino (2002)
Pequena África (2001)
Abolição (1988)
Natal da Portela (1988)
Memória Viva (1987)
Frente Negra Brasileira (1985)
Quilombo (1984)
The Girl and the Rapist (1982)
Aniceto do Império: Dia de Alforria (1981)
Giselle (1980)
Parceiros da Aventura (1979)
Black Goddess (1978)
Ana, a Libertina (1975)
Pureza Proibida (1975)
Brutos Inocentes (1974)
Sagarana: O Duelo (1974)
Des goûts et des couleurs (1974)
Artesanato do Samba (1974)
Soul in the Eye (1973)
The Suns of Easter Island (1972)
Quando as Mulheres Paqueram (1971)
The Palace of Angels (1970)
The Godless Bandit (1970)
República da Traição (1970)
A Guerra dos Pelados (1970)
A Compadecida (1969)
Compasso de Espera (1969)
True Brazil (1968)
Garden of War (1968)
O Homem Nu (1968)
Proezas de Satanás na Vila de Leva-e-Traz (1967)
The Girl from Ipanema (1967)
Entranced Earth (1967)
El Justicero (1967)
O Engano (1967)
Queima de Arquivo (1967)
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo (1967)
Grande Sertão (1965)
Ganga Zumba (1963)
Pedreira de São Diogo (1962)
Cinco Vezes Favela (1962)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1937-09-21
Deathday2013-01-24 (75 years old)
Birth PlaceRio de Janeiro, Brazil
CitizenshipsBrazil
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