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Zózimo Bulbul
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. H…
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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
Movies and shows, newest first
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2017
Exu Rei - Abdias do Nascimento
Movie Himself
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2012
Paper and Sea
Movie João Cândido
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2012
Renascimento Africano
Movie Self
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2011
Abdias Nascimento
Movie
- 2010
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2006
Zona Carioca do Porto
Movie Director
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2006
In Evil Hour
Movie Carmichael
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2006
Referências
Movie Self
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2005
Daughters of the Wind
Movie Marquinhos
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2005
Samba no Trem
Movie Self / Interviewer
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2005
República Tiradentes
Movie Self / Interviewer
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2004
O Homem que Sabia Javanês
Movie Africano
- 2004
- 2003
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2002
The Forest
Movie Procópio
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2002
Banda de Ipanema — Folia de Albino
Movie Self
More credits
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2001
Pequena África
Movie Director
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1988
Abolition
Movie Director
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1988
Natal da Portela
Movie
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1988
O Olho amarelo do tigre
Movie
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1987
Memória Viva
Movie
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1985
Frente Negra Brasileira
Movie Director
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1984
Quilombo
Movie Stone Man
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1982
Chico Anysio Show
TV show Tonho Malvadeza
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1982
The Girl and the Rapist
Movie Pedro
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1981
Aniceto do Império: Dia de Alforria
Movie Director
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1980
Giselle
Movie Jorge
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1979
Parceiros da Aventura
Movie Motorista da greve
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1978
Black Goddess
Movie
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1975
Ana, a Libertina
Movie
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1975
Pureza Proibida
Movie Chico
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1974
Brutos Inocentes
Movie João Capataz
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1974
Sagarana: O Duelo
Movie Demônio
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1974
Artesanato do Samba
Movie Narrador
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1973
Hung Up
Movie
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1973
Soul in the Eye
Movie
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1972
The Suns of Easter Island
Movie Helvio
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1970
The Palace of Angels
Movie Embaixador
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1970
The Godless Bandit
Movie Ariranha
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1970
The War of Pelados
Movie Vitorino
