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Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Movie Involvements: 44

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Entranced Earth
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7

Entranced Earth

(1967) Repórter
Quilombo
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7

Quilombo

(1984) Stone Man
A Guerra dos Pelados
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5

A Guerra dos Pelados

(1970) Vitorino
The Girl and the Rapist
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6
The Girl from Ipanema
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6

The Girl from Ipanema

(1967) Jovem na Praia
Giselle
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4

Giselle

(1980) Jorge
Parceiros da Aventura
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0

Parceiros da Aventura

(1979) Motorista da greve
The Godless Bandit
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0

The Godless Bandit

(1970) Ariranha

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2017 Himself
2012 João Cândido
2011 N/A
2010 N/A
2006 Carmichael
Self
2005 Marquinhos
Self / Interviewer
Self / Interviewer
2004 Africano
N/A
2003 N/A
2002 Procópio
Self
1988 N/A
1987 N/A
1984 Stone Man
1982 Pedro
1980 Jorge
1979 Motorista da greve
1978 N/A
1975 N/A
Chico
1974 João Capataz
Demônio
Narrador
1973 N/A
Jorge de Oliveira
1972 Helvio
1970 Embaixador
Ariranha
N/A
Vitorino
1969 Jesus
1968 N/A
N/A
N/A
1967 N/A
Jovem na Praia
Repórter
N/A
Amante
Self
1965 N/A
1963 N/A
1962 N/A
(segment "Pedreira de São Diego")
Year Character Movie/Tv

Directing

Writing

Editing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1974 Editor
Year Role Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
1974 Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Sound

Year Role Movie/Tv
1974 Sound
Year Role Movie/Tv

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