
Zózimo Bulbul
Known for ActingBorn 1937-09-21Died 2013-01-24Rio 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. 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.Read more
Movies & web series
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Black Goddess
1978 · Movie
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Ana, a Libertina
1975 · Movie
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Brutos Inocentes
1974 · Movie
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Hung Up
1973 · Movie
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Vidas em Conflito
1969 · Series
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Chico Anysio Show
1982 · Series
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Parceiros da Aventura
1979 · Movie
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Pureza Proibida
1975 · Movie
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The Godless Bandit
1970 · Movie
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True Brazil
1968 · Movie
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O Engano
1967 · Movie
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Compasso de Espera
1969 · Movie
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Soul in the Eye
1973 · Movie
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Exu Rei - Abdias do Nascimento
2017 · Movie
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Paper and Sea
2012 · Movie
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Five Times Favela
1962 · Movie
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Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
1967 · Movie
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Pequena África
2001 · Movie
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Natal da Portela
1988 · Movie
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Entranced Earth
1967 · Movie
Memória Viva
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Memória Viva
1987 · Movie
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Garden of War
1969 · Movie
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Quilombo
1984 · Movie
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Abolition
1988 · Movie
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Our Lady of Compassion
1969 · Movie
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Daughters of the Wind
2005 · Movie
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Sagarana: O Duelo
1974 · Movie
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Satan's Feats in the Village of Take-and-Bring
1967 · Movie
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Ganga Zumba
1963 · Movie
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The Forest
2002 · Movie
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The Suns of Easter Island
1972 · Movie
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República da Traição
1970 · Movie
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The Girl from Ipanema
1967 · Movie
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In Evil Hour
2006 · Movie
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El Justicero
1967 · Movie
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The Naked Man
1968 · Movie
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The Palace of Angels
1970 · Movie
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The War of Pelados
1970 · Movie
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The Girl and the Rapist
1982 · Movie
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5x Favela, Now by Ourselves
2010 · Movie
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Grande Sertão
1965 · Movie
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Giselle
1980 · Movie

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Renascimento Africano
2012 · Movie

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Abdias Nascimento
2011 · Movie

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Referências
2006 · Movie

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Zona Carioca do Porto
2006 · Movie

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República Tiradentes
2005 · Movie

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Samba no Trem
2005 · Movie