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ZĂłzimo Bulbul
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A Brazilian filmmaker, actor, producer and screenwriter, Jorge da Silva, better known by his stage name ZĂłzimo 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 awareneâŠ
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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.
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ZĂłzimo Bulbul's Filmography
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Exu Rei - Abdias do Nascimento
as Himself
Paper and Sea
as JoĂŁo CĂąndido
Renascimento Africano
as Self
Abdias Nascimento
5x Favela, Now by Ourselves
In Evil Hour
as Carmichael
ReferĂȘncias
as Self
Daughters of the Wind
as Marquinhos
Samba no Trem
as Self / Interviewer
RepĂșblica Tiradentes
as Self / Interviewer
O Homem que Sabia JavanĂȘs
as Africano
Veja & Ouça - Maria Baderna no Brasil
No Poster
Oswaldo Cruz, o MĂ©dico do Brasil
The Forest
as ProcĂłpio
Banda de Ipanema â Folia de Albino
as Self
Natal da Portela
O Olho amarelo do tigre
No Poster
MemĂłria Viva
Quilombo
as Stone Man
The Girl and the Rapist
as Pedro
Giselle
as Jorge
Parceiros da Aventura
as Motorista da greve
Black Goddess
Ana, a Libertina
Pureza Proibida
as Chico
Brutos Inocentes
as JoĂŁo Capataz
Sagarana: O Duelo
as DemĂŽnio
Artesanato do Samba
as Narrador
Hung Up
Soul in the Eye
The Suns of Easter Island
as Helvio
The Palace of Angels
as Embaixador
The Godless Bandit
as Ariranha
RepĂșblica da Traição
The War of Pelados
as Vitorino
Garden of War
Our Lady of Compassion
as Jesus
Compasso de Espera
as Jorge de Oliveira
True Brazil
The Naked Man
as Homem da mudança
Satan's Feats in the Village of Take-and-Bring
The Girl from Ipanema
as Jovem na Praia
Entranced Earth
as RepĂłrter
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
as Self
El Justicero
O Engano
as Amante
No Poster
Queima de Arquivo
Grande SertĂŁo
Ganga Zumba
Five Times Favela
as (segment "Pedreira de SĂŁo Diego")