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Abdias Nascimento

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.


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Born:
Mar 14, 1914 In Franca, São Paulo, Brazil
Movie/TV Credits:
11
First Appeared:
In the movie The Man of The Sputnik 1959-08-21
Latest Project:
Movie Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday 2020-12-08
Known For
Poster of De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade
Poster of Exu Rei - Abdias do Nascimento
Poster of CINEMA NOIR
Poster of Ôrí
Filmography
Movie Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday Self (archive footage) 2020-12-08
Movie De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade Self 2020-09-11
Movie Negro em Mim Self (archive footage) 2020-10-19
Movie Exu Rei - Abdias do Nascimento Himself 2017-10-18
Movie Abdias do Nascimento - Memória Negra 2008-01-02
Movie CINEMA NOIR 2004-12-01
Movie Ôrí Self 1989-05-02
Movie Abolition Himself 1988-05-13
Movie Fala Mangueira! Self 1983-01-01
Movie Cinco Vezes Favela (segment "Escola de Samba Alegria de Viver") 1962-01-01
Movie The Man of The Sputnik Chico 1959-08-21