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

Giselle

Chico Anysio Show

El Justicero

Entranced Earth

The Suns of Easter Island

Quilombo

5x Favela, Now by Ourselves

The Forest

All Movies (50)

• Exu Rei - Abdias do Nascimento2017 · as Himself
• Paper and Sea2012 · as João Cândido
• Renascimento Africano2012 · as Self
• Abdias Nascimento2011
• 5x Favela, Now by Ourselves2010
• In Evil Hour2006 · as Carmichael
• Referências2006 · as Self
• Daughters of the Wind2005 · as Marquinhos
• Samba no Trem2005 · as Self / Interviewer
• República Tiradentes2005 · as Self / Interviewer
• O Homem que Sabia Javanês2004 · as Africano
• Veja & Ouça - Maria Baderna no Brasil2004
• Oswaldo Cruz, o Médico do Brasil2003
• The Forest2002 · as Procópio
• Banda de Ipanema — Folia de Albino2002 · as Self
• Natal da Portela1988
• O Olho amarelo do tigre1988
• Memória Viva1987
• Quilombo1984 · as Stone Man
• The Girl and the Rapist1982 · as Pedro
• Giselle1980 · as Jorge
• Parceiros da Aventura1979 · as Motorista da greve
• Black Goddess1978
• Ana, a Libertina1975
• Pureza Proibida1975 · as Chico
• Brutos Inocentes1974 · as João Capataz
• Sagarana: O Duelo1974 · as Demônio
• Artesanato do Samba1974 · as Narrador
• Hung Up1973
• Soul in the Eye1973
• The Suns of Easter Island1972 · as Helvio
• The Palace of Angels1970 · as Embaixador
• The Godless Bandit1970 · as Ariranha
• The War of Pelados1970 · as Vitorino
• República da Traição1970
• Garden of War1969
• Our Lady of Compassion1969 · as Jesus
• Compasso de Espera1969 · as Jorge de Oliveira
• True Brazil1968
• The Naked Man1968 · as Homem da mudança
• Satan's Feats in the Village of Take-and-Bring1967
• The Girl from Ipanema1967 · as Jovem na Praia
• Entranced Earth1967 · as Repórter
• Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo1967 · as Self
• El Justicero1967
• O Engano1967 · as Amante
• Queima de Arquivo1967
• Grande Sertão1965
• Ganga Zumba1963
• Five Times Favela1962 · as (segment "Pedreira de São Diego")

All TV Shows (2)

• Chico Anysio Show1982 · as Tonho Malvadeza
• Vidas em Conflito1969 · as Rodney