Zózimo Bulbul
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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.874 |
| Birthday | 1937-09-21 |
| Place of Birth | Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Also Known As |
1982
The Girl and the Rapist
6.1/8
In São Paulo, Vanessa who is normally spoiled rotten, is neglected and rejected by her mother, practically raised alone by her butler and driver Pedro...
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The Girl and the Rapist
1980
Giselle
4.3/10
Sexy girl seduces all the members of her family. She indirectly causes the failure of his father's marriage, for her stepmother falls in love with her...
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Giselle
1963
Ganga Zumba
6.1/7
The life of a runaway slave who founded the Quilombo dos Palmares, an outlaw community of Brazilian slaves.
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Ganga Zumba
2004
Veja & Ouça - Maria Baderna no Brasil
0/0
In 1850 the Italian dancer Maria Baderna arrives at Brazil, her fame and the scandals she provokes turns her name in a common expression. The film use...
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Veja & Ouça - Maria Baderna no Brasil
1988
Natal da Portela
7.2/3
Biography of one of the legendary names in the Samba genre of Brazilian music. Although he could hardly dance or play an instrument, he became one of...
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Natal da Portela
1970
The Palace of Angels
5.6/5
Bárbara, a French girl living in São Paulo, and two friends decide to transform a little apartment into a luxury bordello, "The Palace of Angels", sec...
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The Palace of Angels
1970
A Guerra dos Pelados
5/3
In 1913, in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil, the Government gives some lands to a foreign railway company, giving rise to revolt by the former own...
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A Guerra dos Pelados
1972
The Suns of Easter Island
6.2/12
Six people find a mysterious mark in the center of their left hand and all independently go to Easter Island in hopes to uncover the mystery.
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The Suns of Easter Island
1969
Our Lady Of Compassion
6/1
João Grilo is a backwoodsman who tries to get along at the expense of the powerful in the city, who pretend to be respectful of morals and good custom...
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Our Lady Of Compassion
1969
Compasso de Espera
8.333/3
Jorge de Oliveira is an Afro-Brazilian poet who works in a publicity agency in São Paulo. Torn between his rich white lovers and his black family and...
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Compasso de Espera
1973
Soul in the Eye
9/4
Inspired by Black Panther Eldridge Cleaver’s book Soul on Ice and dedicated to John Coltrane, Soul in the Eye marks the beginning of Black Brazilian f...
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Soul in the Eye
2005
Daughters of the Wind
6/5
In a small town in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, two sisters meet again after years apart.
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Daughters of the Wind
1962
Cinco Vezes Favela
7.5/8
Five segments about the hardships faced by people living in slums on hills in Rio de Janeiro.
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Cinco Vezes Favela
1965
Grande Sertão
4/2
Cowboy Riobaldo is attracted to same sex Diadorim, not knowing that "he" is a girl dressed in man's clothes. After Diadorim's father is killed, she sw...
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Grande Sertão
1974
Sagarana: O Duelo
5.5/2
Unable to endure the idea that he would go without punishment, a criminal's victim chases him the length and breadth of Brazil for a showdown.
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Sagarana: O Duelo
1967
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
7.7/9
Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema Novo" movement (otherwise known as the 'Brazilian New...
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Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
1968
Garden of War
6.857/7
Edson is having an affair with a left-wing aspiring movie director during Brazil's military dictatorship years. He tries to get some easy money for he...
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Garden of War
2002
The Forest
5.4/7
Young man, of Portuguese nobility ascendancy, starts working in a rubber plantation in the Amazon, in 1912, and falls in love with pretty Yayá, a marr...
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The Forest
1967
Proezas de Satanás na Vila de Leva-e-Traz
6.6/5
In the village of Leva-e-Traz, the discovery of a oil field is responsible for a mass evasion of the townspeople. Left are the old and incapable for t...
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Proezas de Satanás na Vila de Leva-e-Traz
2010
5x Favela, Now by Ourselves
4.7/8
The project '5 x slum, now by ourselves' gathered over 80 young people from Rio's favelas (slums), selected through workshops, script and filmmaking t...
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5x Favela, Now by Ourselves
1968
The Naked Man
6.2/5
A man gets locked naked outside of his apartment.
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The Naked Man
1967
El Justicero
5.4/7
A shockingly irreverent follow-up to the rural austerity of Barren Lives, dos Santos’ Godardian social satire owes more than a nod to the self-conscio...
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El Justicero
1987
Memória Viva
0/0
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Memória Viva
1970
The Godless Bandit
0/0
After the proclamation of the Republic, a group of fanatics in the sertão dreamed of and fought for the restoration of the Monarchy. At that bloody t...
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The Godless Bandit
1967
The Girl from Ipanema
6.2/5
Chronicles the life of a 17 year-old girl living in the upper-class Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood of Ipanema. Márcia lives a life of parties and spend...
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The Girl from Ipanema
1978
Black Goddess
0/0
A Deusa Negra is a love story that spans two centuries. In 18th century Yorubaland, Prince Oluyole is taken prisoner in the course of internecine war...
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Black Goddess
1968
True Brazil
0/0
In the late 1960s, Thomas Farkas imported equipment suitable for direct sound, and released a collection of documentaries called "Brasil Verdade" ("Tr...
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True Brazil
2003
Oswaldo Cruz, o Médico do Brasil
0/0
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Oswaldo Cruz, o Médico do Brasil
1975
Pureza Proibida
0/0
Baby is found by nuns, who raise her inside the convent. When she grows up, she moves to a fishing village and gives up religious life when she falls...
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Pureza Proibida
2006
In Evil Hour
5/2
The old servant and chronicler Dom Sabas tells how his desolate South American town is the scene of a ruthless power struggle. The landowning Assis fa...
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In Evil Hour
1967
Entranced Earth
7.2/109
Eldorado, a fictitious country in America, is sparkling with the internal struggle for political power. In the eye of this social convulsion, the jade...
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Entranced Earth
1970
República da Traição
5/2
European couple arrive at the Republic of Maraguaya with a strange mission. But the involvement with a local man, whom they hire as an employee, will...
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República da Traição
1984
Quilombo
6.5/12
Quilombo dos Palmares was a real-life democratic society, created in Brazil in the 17th century. This incredibly elaborate (and surprisingly little-kn...
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Quilombo
2017
Exu Rei - Abdias do Nascimento
7.2/2
The African deity that brought in Brazil Together with the blacks, Exu is known as the orixá of communication, the guard of the streets and the human...
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Exu Rei - Abdias do Nascimento
2004
O homem que sabia javanês
0/0
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O homem que sabia javanês
2012
O Papel e o Mar
7.5/1
The film narrates the imaginary encounter between João Cândido, leader of Revolta da Chibata and a paper picker and writer Carolina Maria de Jesus, au...
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O Papel e o Mar
1975
Ana, a Libertina
0/0
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Ana, a Libertina
1974
Brutos Inocentes
0/0
A drama in the amazonian country.
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Brutos Inocentes
2006
Referências
0/0
During a showing of rare Afro-Brazilian Cinema films at the Cinematheque of the Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro, actor/filmmaker Zózimo Bulbul...
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Referências
1979
Parceiros da Aventura
0/0
Rio de Janeiro crooks rove about, performing petty tricks to survive, and get involved with a woman who steals cars.
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Parceiros da Aventura
1967
O Engano
0/0
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O Engano
1962
Pedreira de São Diogo
10/2
Men work in a quarry on the edge of a hill where a slum is located, of which they are residents. The slope is blown up, advancing to the land near the...
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Pedreira de São Diogo
2011
Abdias Nascimento
0/0
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Abdias Nascimento
2005
República Tiradentes
0/0
Filmed in a mini DV, the film "República Tiradentes" is an affective poetry, based on the stories of gafieira dancers, actors, rascals, girls and all...
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República Tiradentes
2005
Samba no Trem
0/0
A documentary about the celebration of the National Samba Day with the aim of preserving the memory of part of the history of samba, which was being f...
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Samba no Trem
1974
Artesanato do Samba
0/0
The making of the samba school parades, with the construction of the great cars, the decorations being spread all over the city and the hand-crafted t...
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Artesanato do Samba
2002
Banda de Ipanema — Folia de Albino
0/0
A movie about Banda de Ipanema, one of Rio de Janeiro’s most traditional Carnaval blocks, and its founder Albino Pinheiro.
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Banda de Ipanema — Folia de Albino
1967
Queima de Arquivo
0/0
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Queima de Arquivo
1973
Hung Up
0/0
A woman from a bourgeois family marries a loveless man. She remembers (or dreams?) a life of adventure and smuggling, hijacking ships at night. She is...
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Hung Up
2012
Renascimento Africano
0/0
The film, shot in Dakar, Senegal, has testimonials from intellectuals, politicians and religious, who present an overview of the 50 years of independe...
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