Zózimo Bulbul
Born
September 21, 1937
Died
January 24, 2013 (75 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Rio 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.

Exu Rei - Abdias do Nascimento
Himself
2017

Paper and Sea
João Cândido
2012

Renascimento Africano
Self
2012
Abdias Nascimento
2011

5x Favela, Now by Ourselves
2010

In Evil Hour
Carmichael
2006

Referências
Self
2006

Daughters of the Wind
Marquinhos
2005

Samba no Trem
Self / Interviewer
2005

República Tiradentes
Self / Interviewer
2005

O homem que sabia javanês
Africano
2004

Veja & Ouça - Maria Baderna no Brasil
2004
Oswaldo Cruz, o Médico do Brasil
2003

The Forest
Procópio
2002

Banda de Ipanema — Folia de Albino
Self
2002

Natal da Portela
1988

O Olho amarelo do tigre
1988
Memória Viva
1987

Quilombo
Stone Man
1984

The Girl and the Rapist
Pedro
1982

Giselle
Jorge
1980

Parceiros da Aventura
Motorista da greve
1979

Black Goddess
1978

Ana, a Libertina
1975

Pureza Proibida
Chico
1975

Brutos Inocentes
João Capataz
1974

Sagarana: O Duelo
Demônio
1974

Artesanato do Samba
Narrador
1974

Hung Up
1973

Compasso de Espera
Jorge de Oliveira
1973

Soul in the Eye
1973

The Suns of Easter Island
Helvio
1972

The Palace of Angels
Embaixador
1970

The Godless Bandit
Ariranha
1970

A Guerra dos Pelados
Vitorino
1970

República da Traição
1970

Garden of War
1969

Our Lady of Compassion
Jesus
1969

True Brazil
1968

The Naked Man
Homem da mudança
1968

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

The Girl from Ipanema
Jovem na Praia
1967

Entranced Earth
Repórter
1967

El Justicero
1967

O Engano
Amante
1967

Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Self
1967
Queima de Arquivo
1967

Grande Sertão
1965

Ganga Zumba
1963

Five Times Favela
(segment "Pedreira de São Diego")
1962