Zózimo Bulbul
Zózimo BULBUL (1937 –2013) was a Brazilian actor, filmmaker, and activist. He co-founded and organized the Encontro de Cinema Negro Brasil, África & Américas, which showcases films featuring African and Afro-Brazilian actors, directors, and themes. He made his debut as an actor in the 1962 Brazilian film Cinco Vezes Favela and went on to star in more than thirty film. His best known work is Abolição (1988), a documentary he directed about the 100th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in Brazil.
Filmography
Abolição (1988, doc)
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Zózimo Bulbul at IFFR
Abolição
Bulbul made this powerful historical analysis of racial issues in Brazil in 1988, one hundred years after slavery was abolished there.
153'
Brazil
IFFR 2019
Alma no olho
A metaphor about slavery and the search for freedom through inner transformation, in a game of images inspired by concretism.
11'
Brazil
IFFR 2019
Aniceto do Império em dia de alforria
Bulbul’s tribute to Aniceto, port worker, samba composer and one of the founders of Império Serrano, Escola de Samba in Rio de Janeiro.
11'
Brazil
IFFR 2019
Pequena África
Zózimo Bulbul’s fourth film explores neighbourhoods known as 'Little Africa', places of black cultural resistance inhabited by freed enslaved.
14'
Brazil
IFFR 2019