
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(49 works)

Chico Anysio Show
1982Chico Anysio Show
1982

Giselle
1980Giselle
1980

Entranced Earth
1967Entranced Earth
1967

Quilombo
1984Quilombo
1984

Ganga Zumba
1963Ganga Zumba
1963

The Girl from Ipanema
1967The Girl from Ipanema
1967

The Girl and the Rapist
1982The Girl and the Rapist
1982

Vidas em Conflito
1969Vidas em Conflito
1969

5x Favela, Now by Ourselves
20105x Favela, Now by Ourselves
2010

Hung Up
1973Hung Up
1973

The Forest
2002The Forest
2002

Ana, a Libertina
1975Ana, a Libertina
1975

Daughters of the Wind
2005Daughters of the Wind
2005

Five Times Favela
1962Five Times Favela
1962

The Suns of Easter Island
1972The Suns of Easter Island
1972

Artesanato do Samba
1974Artesanato do Samba
1974

Natal da Portela
1988Natal da Portela
1988

Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
1967Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
1967

Referências
2006Referências
2006

True Brazil
1968True Brazil
1968

Our Lady of Compassion
1969Our Lady of Compassion
1969

Black Goddess
1978Black Goddess
1978

The Palace of Angels
1970The Palace of Angels
1970

Satan's Feats in the Village of Take-and-Bring
1967Satan's Feats in the Village of Take-and-Bring
1967

Parceiros da Aventura
1979Parceiros da Aventura
1979

Sagarana: O Duelo
1974Sagarana: O Duelo
1974

República da Traição
1970República da Traição
1970

The Naked Man
1968The Naked Man
1968

Banda de Ipanema — Folia de Albino
2002Banda de Ipanema — Folia de Albino
2002

El Justicero
1967El Justicero
1967

Garden of War
1969Garden of War
1969

Compasso de Espera
1969Compasso de Espera
1969

Veja & Ouça - Maria Baderna no Brasil
2004Veja & Ouça - Maria Baderna no Brasil
2004

Soul in the Eye
1973Soul in the Eye
1973

Abdias Nascimento
2011Abdias Nascimento
2011

Exu Rei - Abdias do Nascimento
2017Exu Rei - Abdias do Nascimento
2017

In Evil Hour
2006In Evil Hour
2006

O Engano
1967O Engano
1967

The War of Pelados
1970The War of Pelados
1970

O Olho amarelo do tigre
1988O Olho amarelo do tigre
1988

Pureza Proibida
1975Pureza Proibida
1975

Samba no Trem
2005Samba no Trem
2005

Grande Sertão
1965Grande Sertão
1965

Paper and Sea
2012Paper and Sea
2012

The Godless Bandit
1970The Godless Bandit
1970

Renascimento Africano
2012Renascimento Africano
2012

Brutos Inocentes
1974Brutos Inocentes
1974

O Homem que Sabia Javanês
2004O Homem que Sabia Javanês
2004

República Tiradentes
2005República Tiradentes
2005