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

The Girl and the Rapist
The Girl and the Rapist
Giselle
Giselle
República Tiradentes
República Tiradentes
Ganga Zumba
Ganga Zumba
Samba no Trem
Samba no Trem
Veja & Ouça - Maria Baderna no Brasil
Veja & Ouça - Maria Baderna no Brasil
In Evil Hour
In Evil Hour
The Suns of Easter Island
The Suns of Easter Island
Artesanato do Samba
Artesanato do Samba

Filmography

2017 Exu Rei - Abdias do Nascimento
as Himself
2012 Paper and Sea
as João Cândido
2012 Renascimento Africano
as Self
2011 Abdias Nascimento
as
2010 5x Favela, Now by Ourselves
as
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 O homem que sabia javanês
as Africano
2004 Veja & Ouça - Maria Baderna no Brasil
as
2003 Oswaldo Cruz, o Médico do Brasil
as
2002 The Forest
as Procópio
2002 Banda de Ipanema — Folia de Albino
as Self
1988 Natal da Portela
as
1988 O Olho amarelo do tigre
as
1987 Memória Viva
as
1984 Quilombo
as Stone Man
1982 The Girl and the Rapist
as Pedro