Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 14, 1914
Place of Birth:
Franca, São Paulo, Brazil
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Abdias Nascimento
Biography
Abdias do Nascimento (March 14, 1914 – May 23, 2011) was a prominent African Brazilian scholar, writer, visual artist, politician, poet, actor, playwright, and Pan-African activist, who created the Black Experimental Theater (1944) and the Black Arts Museum (1950), organized the National Convention of Brazilian Blacks (1946), the First Congress of Brazilian Blacks (1950), and the Third Congress of Black Culture in the Americas (1982). Professor Emeritus, State University of New York at Buffalo, he was the first Afro-Brazilian member of Congress to champion black people's human and civil rights in the National Legislature, where in 1983 he presented the first Brazilian proposals for affirmative action legislation.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Othelo The Great | Ele Mesmo (Imagem de Arquivo) |
| 2020 | Negro em Mim | Self (archive footage) |
| 2020 | De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade | Self |
| 2020 | Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday | Self (archive footage) |
| 2017 | Exu Rei - Abdias do Nascimento | Himself |
| 2008 | Abdias do Nascimento - Memória Negra | Self |
| 2004 | CINEMA NOIR | |
| 1989 | Ôrí | Self |
| 1988 | Abolition | Himself |
| 1983 | Fala Mangueira! | Self |
| 1962 | Five Times Favela | (segment "Escola de Samba Alegria de Viver") |
| 1959 | The Man of The Sputnik | Chico |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
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