Zózimo Bulbul
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Chico Anysio Show
Tonho Malvadeza
1982
Vidas em Conflito
Rodney
1969
Film
Abdias Nascimento
2011
Film
Daughters of the Wind
Marquinhos
2005
Film
Compasso de Espera
Jorge de Oliveira
1969
Film
The Girl from Ipanema
Jovem na Praia
1967
Film
Our Lady of Compassion
Jesus
1969
Film
The Girl and the Rapist
Pedro
1982
Film
Grande Sertão
1965
Film
O Olho amarelo do tigre
1988
Film
Entranced Earth
Repórter
1967
Film
The War of Pelados
Vitorino
1970
Film
Exu Rei - Abdias do Nascimento
Himself
2017
Film
Black Goddess
1978
Film
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Self
1967
Film
Pureza Proibida
Chico
1975
Film
Giselle
Jorge
1980
Film
Veja & Ouça - Maria Baderna no Brasil
2004
Film
Sagarana: O Duelo
Demônio
1974
Film
Samba no Trem
Self / Interviewer
2005
Film
Natal da Portela
1988
Film
The Godless Bandit
Ariranha
1970
Film
Paper and Sea
João Cândido
2012
Film
República da Traição
1970
Film
Renascimento Africano
Self
2012
Film
Soul in the Eye
1973
Film
Satan's Feats in the Village of Take-and-Bring
1967
Film
5x Favela, Now by Ourselves
2010
Film
Banda de Ipanema — Folia de Albino
Self
2002
Film
The Naked Man
Homem da mudança
1968
Film
Ana, a Libertina
1975
Film
True Brazil
1968
Film
Quilombo
Stone Man
1984
Film
Five Times Favela
(segment "Pedreira de São Diego")
1962
Film
República Tiradentes
Self / Interviewer
2005
Film
The Palace of Angels
Embaixador
1970
Film
Artesanato do Samba
Narrador
1974
Film
The Forest
Procópio
2002
Film
Ganga Zumba
1963
Film
O Homem que Sabia Javanês
Africano
2004
Film
The Suns of Easter Island
Helvio
1972
Film
In Evil Hour
Carmichael
2006
Oswaldo Cruz, o Médico do Brasil
2003
Film
Referências
Self
2006
Film
Hung Up
1973
Film
Parceiros da Aventura
Motorista da greve
1979
Film
O Engano
Amante
1967
Film
Brutos Inocentes
João Capataz
1974
Queima de Arquivo
1967
Film
El Justicero
1967
Memória Viva
1987
Film
Garden of War
1969