Abdias Nascimento
Birthday
1914/03/14
Day of death
2011/03/23 (97 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Franca, São Paulo, Brazil
Also know as
Abdias Nascimento, Abdias do 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, ...Read more
Acting
(2024) Othelo The Great
as Ele Mesmo (Imagem de Arquivo)
(2020) Negro em Mim
as Self (archive footage)
(1962) Cinco Vezes Favela
as (segment "Escola de Samba Alegria de Viver")
(2004) CINEMA NOIR
as ---
(1959) The Man of The Sputnik
as Chico
(2008) Abdias do Nascimento - Memória Negra
as Self
(1988) Abolition
as Himself
(1983) Fala Mangueira!
as Self
(2017) Exu Rei - Abdias do Nascimento
as Himself
(1989) Ôrí
as Self
(2020) De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade
as Self
(2020) Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday
as Self (archive footage)