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Zózimo Bulbul

Acting Born Sep 21, 1937 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 24 credits

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.

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Film

Giselle

as Jorge

Full filmography

  • Giselle (1980) as Jorge
  • Chico Anysio Show (1982) as Tonho Malvadeza
  • Compasso de Espera (1969) as Jorge de Oliveira
  • El Justicero (1967)
  • Entranced Earth (1967) as Repórter
  • Vidas em Conflito (1969) as Rodney
  • The Forest (2002) as Procópio
  • Quilombo (1984) as Stone Man
  • 5x Favela, Now by Ourselves (2010)
  • The Naked Man (1968) as Homem da mudança
  • The Girl and the Rapist (1982) as Pedro
  • Black Goddess (1978)
  • The Suns of Easter Island (1972) as Helvio
  • The Girl from Ipanema (1967) as Jovem na Praia
  • Ganga Zumba (1963)
  • Hung Up (1973)
  • Daughters of the Wind (2005) as Marquinhos
  • Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo (1967) as Self
  • Five Times Favela (1962) as (segment "Pedreira de São Diego")
  • Referências (2006) as Self
  • Ana, a Libertina (1975)
  • Our Lady of Compassion (1969) as Jesus
  • True Brazil (1968)
  • Parceiros da Aventura (1979) as Motorista da greve