Image of Abdias Nascimento

Abdias Nascimento

1914-03-14 Franca, São Paulo, Brazil

Image of Abdias Nascimento

Biografia

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.

Películas

Othelo, O Grande Ele Mesmo (Imagem de Arquivo) 2023-10-13
Emicida: AmarElo - É Tudo Pra Ontem Self (archive footage) 2020-12-08
Negro em Mim Self (archive footage) 2020-10-19
De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade Self 2020-09-11
Exu Rei - Abdias do Nascimento Himself 2017-10-18
Abdias do Nascimento - Memória Negra 2008-01-02
CINEMA NOIR 2004-12-01
Ôrí Self 1989-05-02
Abolição Himself 1988-05-13
Fala Mangueira! Self 1983-01-01
Cinco Vezes Favela (segment "Escola de Samba Alegria de Viver") 1962-01-01
O Homem do Sputnik Chico 1959-08-21