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 Janeiros 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 1969s Vidas em Conflito His debut as a filmmaker was 1974s 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 1988s Abolição a lengthy documentary that gives critical thoughts on Brazils 1888s ending of slavery and in what changed for the countrys Black people over the course of a century