
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.

Compasso de Espera

Alma no Olho

Exu Rei - Abdias do Nascimento

Cinco Vezes Favela

Improvisiert und zielbewusst: Cinema Novo

O Papel e o Mar

狂乱の大地

Natal da Portela

Jardim de Guerra

Quilombo

Proezas de Satanás na Vila de Leva-e-Traz

A Compadecida

Ganga Zumba

Les Soleils de l'île de Pâques

Garôta de Ipanema

Filhas do Vento

A Selva

O Palácio dos Anjos

A Menina e o Estuprador

O Homem Nu

Sagarana: O Duelo

El Justicero

5x Favela, Agora por Nós Mesmos

O Veneno da Madrugada

A Guerra dos Pelados

República da Traição

Grande Sertão

Giselle

Abdias Nascimento

República Tiradentes

Samba no Trem

Veja & Ouça - Maria Baderna no Brasil

Artesanato do Samba

Banda de Ipanema — Folia de Albino

Parceiros da Aventura

O Engano

O Cangaceiro Sem Deus

A Deusa Negra

Le grabuge

Brasil Verdade

Pureza Proibida

Renascimento Africano

O Homem que Sabia Javanês

Ana, a Libertina

Brutos Inocentes

Referências

O Olho amarelo do tigre

Vidas em Conflito