Zózimo Bulbul
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1937-09-21
Day of Death
2013-01-24 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Zózimo Bulbul
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.
Known For
Acting
(2017)
Exu Rei - Abdias do Nascimento
as Himself
(2012)
Paper and Sea
as João Cândido
(2012)
Renascimento Africano
as Self
(2011)
(2010)
(2006)
In Evil Hour
as Carmichael
(2006)
Referências
as Self
(2005)
Daughters of the Wind
as Marquinhos
(2005)
Samba no Trem
as Self / Interviewer
(2005)
República Tiradentes
as Self / Interviewer
(2004)
(2004)
O homem que sabia javanês
as Africano
(2003)
(2002)
The Forest
as Procópio
(2002)
(1988)
(1988)
(1987)
(1984)
Quilombo
as Stone Man
(1982)
The Girl and the Rapist
as Pedro
(1980)
Giselle
as Jorge
(1979)
Parceiros da Aventura
as Motorista da greve
(1978)
(1975)
Pureza Proibida
as Chico
(1975)
(1974)
Sagarana: O Duelo
as Demônio
(1974)
Artesanato do Samba
as Narrador
(1974)
Brutos Inocentes
as João Capataz
(1973)
Compasso de Espera
as Jorge de Oliveira
(1973)
(1973)
(1972)
The Suns of Easter Island
as Helvio
(1970)
The Palace of Angels
as Embaixador
(1970)
A Guerra dos Pelados
as Vitorino
(1970)
The Godless Bandit
as Ariranha
(1970)
(1969)
Our Lady Of Compassion
as Jesus
(1969)
(1968)
The Naked Man
as Homem da mudança
(1968)
(1967)
Entranced Earth
as Repórter
(1967)
The Girl from Ipanema
as Jovem na Praia
(1967)
(1967)
(1967)
(1967)
O Engano
as Amante
(1967)
(1965)
(1963)
(1962)
Five Times Favela
as (segment "Pedreira de São Diego")
Crew
(2012)
Renascimento Africano
Director
(2006)
Referências
Director
(2006)
Zona Carioca do Porto
Director
(2005)
República Tiradentes
Director
(2005)
Samba no Trem
Director, Writer
(2001)
Pequena África
Director
(1988)
Abolition
Director, Writer
(1985)
Frente Negra Brasileira
Director
(1981)
Aniceto do Império: Dia de Alforria
Director, Writer
(1974)
Artesanato do Samba
Director, Screenplay, Editor, Producer, Sound
(1973)
Soul in the Eye
Director, Writer