
Acting
Born September 21, 1937 · 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
2017

Paper and Sea
2012

Renascimento Africano
2012

Abdias Nascimento
2011

5x Favela, Now by Ourselves
2010

In Evil Hour
2006

Referências
2006

Daughters of the Wind
2005

Samba no Trem
2005

República Tiradentes
2005

O Homem que Sabia Javanês
2004

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

The Forest
2002

Banda de Ipanema — Folia de Albino
2002

Natal da Portela
1988

O Olho amarelo do tigre
1988
Memória Viva
1987

Quilombo
1984

The Girl and the Rapist
1982

Giselle
1980

Parceiros da Aventura
1979

Black Goddess
1978

Ana, a Libertina
1975

Pureza Proibida
1975

Brutos Inocentes
1974

Sagarana: O Duelo
1974

Artesanato do Samba
1974

Hung Up
1973

Soul in the Eye
1973