
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.

Vidas em Conflito
TV • 1969

The Suns of Easter Island
MOVIE • 1972

Giselle
MOVIE • 1980

Daughters of the Wind
MOVIE • 2005

Grande Sertão
MOVIE • 1965

The Girl from Ipanema
MOVIE • 1967

Abdias Nascimento
MOVIE • 2011

The Godless Bandit
MOVIE • 1970

Natal da Portela
MOVIE • 1988

Sagarana: O Duelo
MOVIE • 1974

Pureza Proibida
MOVIE • 1975

The Girl and the Rapist
MOVIE • 1982

Entranced Earth
MOVIE • 1967

Quilombo
MOVIE • 1984

The Palace of Angels
MOVIE • 1970

Parceiros da Aventura
MOVIE • 1979

Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
MOVIE • 1967

The Naked Man
MOVIE • 1968