Ruth de Souza

Ruth de Souza

Born: May 12, 1921
Died: July 28, 2019
in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Movies for Ruth de Souza...

Conversations with Ruth de Souza
Title: Conversations with Ruth de Souza
Released: October 6, 2022
Type: Movie
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Primavera
Title: Primavera
Character: Josephina / Matilda / Madre Amélia
Released: February 17, 2022
Type: Movie
Moments before a father's death, all of his family memories are transferred to his son through a dream, from the first ancestor, an Englishman living at the end of the 18th century, to his Brazilian heirs, the protagonists of this story.
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Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday
Title: Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 8, 2020
Type: Movie
Between scenes from his concert in São Paulo's oft-inaccessible Theatro Municipal, rapper and activist Emicida celebrates the rich legacy of Black Brazilian culture.
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Filhas de Lavadeiras
Title: Filhas de Lavadeiras
Character: herself
Released: July 4, 2019
Type: Movie
Stories of black women who, thanks to the relentless toil of their mothers, were able to attend school and retrace the paths treaded by their ancestors. Their memories, joys and sorrows become present as a possibility for a new fate, transforming the hard work of the washerwomen in a spectacle of life and fulfillment.
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Pressed, Ripped Apart
Title: Pressed, Ripped Apart
Character: (archive footage)
Released: June 6, 2019
Type: Movie
What does Brazilian cinema tell us? What does Brazilian cinema tell us about black actresses and actors? ‘Pressed, Ripped Apart’ makes use of archival sources to retrieve the trajectory of black actresses and actors who, between absences and delimited presences, between the fallacy of a racial democracy – based on the harmony among Brazil’s diverse identities – and erasure of identity, strain the history of Brazilian audiovisual and above all, our own history.
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Inezita
Title: Inezita
Released: October 18, 2018
Type: Movie
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Pitanga
Title: Pitanga
Character: Self
Released: September 23, 2016
Type: Movie
This documentary investigates the aesthetic, political and existential trajectory of emblematic Black Brazilian actor Antônio Pitanga. His career spans over five decades, and he has worked with iconic Brazilian filmmakers Glauber Rocha, Cacá Diegues and Walter Lima Jr. He was a prominent figurehead and outspoken activist during the Brazilian dictatorship, a period of unrest in Brazilian cinema. "Pitanga" deep dives into the world of Antônio and the history of Brazil. The documentary was directed by his daughter Camila Pitanga, one of widely recognised faces in Brazilian television and cinema right now. The film is also a poem, and a tender ode to fatherhood.
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O Vendedor de Passados
Title: O Vendedor de Passados
Character: Dona Célia
Released: May 9, 2014
Type: Movie
A man, who creates pasts for a living, struggles to find his own past while a mysterious woman takes a dangerous step.
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Inezita Barroso - A Voz e a Viola
Title: Inezita Barroso - A Voz e a Viola
Released: November 21, 2013
Type: Movie
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Abdias Nascimento
Title: Abdias Nascimento
Released: May 1, 2011
Type: Movie
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Em Quadro: A História de 4 Negros nas Telas
Title: Em Quadro: A História de 4 Negros nas Telas
Character: Self
Released: January 2, 2009
Type: Movie
A documentary that tells the history of 4 famous actors in Brazil.
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Daughters of the Wind
Title: Daughters of the Wind
Character: Cida
Released: September 16, 2005
Type: Movie
É uma lírica história de redenção amorosa entre irmãs, mães e filhas, em uma pequena cidade do interior de Minas Gerais, onde os fantasmas da escravidão e do racismo acentuam os dramas de forma sutil e poderosa.
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A Mãe e o Filho da Mãe
Title: A Mãe e o Filho da Mãe
Released: January 1, 2003
Type: Movie
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Title: The Clone
Character: Dona Mocinha da Silva
Released: October 1, 2001
Type: TV
Human cloning. The Islamic world. Two young people, two different cultures, two different beliefs. An impossible love story that not even time could erase. During a trip to Morocco, Lucas has a forbidden romance with Jade. He returns to Brazil after the death of his twin brother Diogo. A close family friend, scientist Albieri uses this situation to produce the first human clone using cells taken from Lucas. Twenty years later, Jade, Lucas and his clone form an odd love triangle.
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Distraída para a Morte
Title: Distraída para a Morte
Character: Carolina de Jesus
Released: February 15, 2001
Type: Movie
Three black teenagers walk around town. The two boys laugh at their own racist jokes while the girl watches them in silence.
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Denying Brazil
Title: Denying Brazil
Character: Herself
Released: November 20, 2000
Type: Movie
A documentary film about the taboos, stereotypes, and struggles of black actors in Brazilian television "soaps". Based on his own memories and on a sturdy body of research evidence, the director analyses race relations in Brazilian soap operas, calling attention to their likely influence on Brazilian African-Americans' identity-forming processes.
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O Aleijadinho - Paixão, Glória e Suplício
Title: O Aleijadinho - Paixão, Glória e Suplício
Character: Joana
Released: January 2, 2000
Type: Movie
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A Fit of Rage
Title: A Fit of Rage
Character: Mariana
Released: June 1, 1999
Type: Movie
The torrid love affair between a 40-year-old man who lives isolated from the world, in his small farm nearby São Paulo and a politically engaged 30-year-old journalist. One morning, after a night of wild lovemaking, he notices a hole made by sauba ants in his fence. This simple fact raises accusations and discord between the two lovers.
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Boca
Title: Boca
Character: Mrs. Esteban
Released: September 16, 1994
Type: Movie
A photo-journalist goes to Brazil to investigate a savage crime boss. She becomes infatuated with the story.
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O Construtor de Sonhos
Title: O Construtor de Sonhos
Released: August 3, 1994
Type: Movie
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Eu, Mulher Negra
Title: Eu, Mulher Negra
Released: June 5, 1994
Type: Movie
Prepared by the team of the Program for Training Black Researchers, The video brings together images and voices that talk about the reproductive health of black women, diseases taking into account the racial/ethnic background, habits, customs, the physical and social environment and the inhuman conditions imposed by racism.
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Title: Memorial de Maria Moura
Character: Siá Mena
Released: May 17, 1994
Type: TV
Adapted from the homonymous work by Rachel de Queiroz, it presents the saga of a woman against female submission in nineteenth-century patriarchal society.
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High Art
Title: High Art
Character: Old Woman Kissing
Released: June 1, 1991
Type: Movie
Peter Mandrake, a North-American photojournalist becomes embroiled in South America's dangerous underworld of pimps, drug gangs and arms smugglers when he sets out to find the killer of a local call girl.
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Only One Survived
Title: Only One Survived
Character: Mama Santa
Released: October 27, 1990
Type: Movie
Four buddies set out on a three-week deep-sea fishing holiday in the Amazon and run into trouble.
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As Divas Negras do Cinema Brasileiro
Title: As Divas Negras do Cinema Brasileiro
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
Interviews and performances with black women on film, theater and television who narrate their lives, careers, discrimination and struggles in the Brazilian artistic world. Starring actresses Zezé Motta, Ruth de Souza, Léa Garcia, Zenaide Zen and Adele Fátima, as well as activist Lélia Gonzáles.
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Title: Mandala
Character: Zezé (Maria José Barbosa)
Released: October 12, 1987
Type: TV
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Jubiabá
Title: Jubiabá
Character: Tia Luiza
Released: September 17, 1987
Type: Movie
Jubiabá is a French-Brazilian film based on the homonymous novel by Jorge Amado. The film tells the story of the interracial love between the daughter of a rich Commander and Antonio Balduíno, a rascal, fighter and famous lover from Salvador.
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Memória Vera Cruz: A Recuperação de um Sonho
Title: Memória Vera Cruz: A Recuperação de um Sonho
Released: August 3, 1987
Type: Movie
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Title: The Legacy of Guldenburgs
Character: Antonia
Released: January 29, 1987
Type: TV
Das Erbe der Guldenburgs is a German television series.
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Title: Sétimo Sentido
Character: Jerusa
Released: March 29, 1982
Type: TV
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Fruit of Love
Title: Fruit of Love
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
Blum and Elza conduct Scientific and anthropological researches in a desert island, where they use as subjects a old fisherman, the house keeper and a prostitute from the country. But the affection grows between the three of them, and this feelings are capable of compromising the whole research.
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Who Killed Pacifico?
Title: Who Killed Pacifico?
Released: June 1, 1977
Type: Movie
Roberto, Pierre and Pedro are very different men, with very different life paths; However, one thing unites them: the three are suspected of having murdered Colonel Pacífico, the rich and powerful owner of the city of Parada de Deus, in the interior of the state of Minas Gerais. However, jail may be the least of his problems, as the colonel's brother is a bloodthirsty gunslinger looking for revenge.
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Sweet Thieves
Title: Sweet Thieves
Character: Rainha Louca
Released: May 26, 1977
Type: Movie
After assaulting a Hollywood film crew, a group of residents of a community in Rio de Janeiro decided to produce a film that would express the reality of Brazil - with the theme of Inconfidência Mineira.
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Pontal da Solidão
Title: Pontal da Solidão
Released: December 31, 1976
Type: Movie
A young woman, victim of violence, takes refuge with an old sailor.
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Pureza Proibida
Title: Pureza Proibida
Released: April 26, 1975
Type: Movie
Baby is found by nuns, who raise her inside the convent. When she grows up, she moves to a fishing village and gives up religious life when she falls in love with a black fisherman, who practices a Afro-Brazilian religion called Umbanda.
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Title: O Rebu
Character: Lourdes
Released: November 4, 1974
Type: TV
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Um Homem Célebre
Title: Um Homem Célebre
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
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Title: O Bem-Amado
Character: Francisca (Chiquinha do Parto)
Released: January 22, 1973
Type: TV
O Bem-Amado is a Brazilian telenovela that first aired on Rede Globo in 1973. It is based on a play by Dias Gomes called Odorico, o Bem-Amado ou Os Mistérios do Amor e da Morte, written in 1962. It was the first Brazilian color telenovela. It was shot in Rio de Janeiro. Broadcast by Rede Globo between January 22 and October 3, 1973.
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Title: O Homem Que Deve Morrer
Character: Das Dores (Ma. das Dores)
Released: June 14, 1971
Type: TV
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O Homem Nu
Title: O Homem Nu
Released: March 4, 1968
Type: Movie
A man gets locked naked outside of his apartment.
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Gimba, Presidente dos Valentes
Title: Gimba, Presidente dos Valentes
Released: June 22, 1963
Type: Movie
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O Cabeleira
Title: O Cabeleira
Released: January 1, 1963
Type: Movie
Based on the novel by Franklin Távora, the film follows the adventures of a father and a son in 18th century Brazil.
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Assault on the Pay Train
Title: Assault on the Pay Train
Character: Judith
Released: September 2, 1962
Type: Movie
Based on true events in Rio de Janeiro, in 1960, when a gang having the infamous outlaw Tião Medonho as a leader performed a sensational railroad hold-up on a train carrying a small fortune.
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Bruma Seca
Title: Bruma Seca
Character: Luisa
Released: May 29, 1961
Type: Movie
An executive inherits a mine and decides to visit it with his wife, with the help of an airplane pilot who knows the whole area. The group gets in trouble with the miners, and the situation escalates when they have to make a forced landing in the forest.
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Death Commands Brigandage
Title: Death Commands Brigandage
Character: Rezadeira
Released: December 28, 1960
Type: Movie
A man's farm is attacked and his mother gets killed. Looking for revenge, he goes about chasing the men who killed her.
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Macumba Love
Title: Macumba Love
Character: Mama Rata-loi
Released: June 1, 1960
Type: Movie
A writer who specializes in exposing fake witchcraft journeys to Brazil to investigate a voodoo cult.
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Favela
Title: Favela
Released: January 1, 1960
Type: Movie
A girl goes from a favela to the luxurious scenarios of the international singing industry
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Lonesome Women
Title: Lonesome Women
Released: April 18, 1959
Type: Movie
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Ravina
Title: Ravina
Released: February 24, 1959
Type: Movie
A woman, who believes she has a curse, sees an engineer die in an accident while building a bridge. Considering two men who were courting her responsible for the tragedy, she decides to take revenge on both. Brazilian version of Brontë's Wuthering Heights.
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Osso, Amor e Papagaios
Title: Osso, Amor e Papagaios
Released: February 23, 1957
Type: Movie
A small town is taken upside down when an inventor finds a way to turn bones into gold.
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Quem matou Anabela?
Title: Quem matou Anabela?
Character: Shirley
Released: January 1, 1956
Type: Movie
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Candinho
Title: Candinho
Character: Manuela
Released: March 25, 1954
Type: Movie
Candinho is a hillbilly who leaves the countryside, taking his donkey along, and goes to São Paulo, trying to find his mother.
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The Landowner's Daughter
Title: The Landowner's Daughter
Character: Sabina
Released: May 11, 1953
Type: Movie
In 19th century Brazil, young people in the State of São Paulo fight against black slavery and the farmers who support it. Against this backdrop, Sinhá Moça falls in love with a young lawyer, and they get involved in a great love story.
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Terra é Sempre Terra
Title: Terra é Sempre Terra
Released: March 17, 1951
Type: Movie
The administrator of an abandoned coffee farm and inveterate gambler saves money to buy the property, even knowing of the loving connections between his wife and the boss.
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Angela
Title: Angela
Released: January 11, 1951
Type: Movie
A woman marries a gambler, thinking she could straighten him up, but he loses all their assets, even their own house, and tries to commit suicide. But one of the winners falls for his stepdaughter, and this could change the situation.
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The Shadow of Another
Title: The Shadow of Another
Released: October 27, 1950
Type: Movie
A drama about double personality
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Também Somos Irmãos
Title: Também Somos Irmãos
Character: Rosália
Released: October 15, 1949
Type: Movie
Renato and Miro are black brothers raised by a white family in an old mansion in Rio de Janeiro. Renato, a graduated lawyer, has always looked for dignity, winning in life due to his honesty and search for social recognition. His brother, on the contrary, is a rebel small time crook who believes his behavior is the product of the treatment he received while being rased by the whites.
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Terra Violenta
Title: Terra Violenta
Character: Empregada
Released: August 15, 1949
Type: Movie
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Falta Alguém no Manicômio
Title: Falta Alguém no Manicômio
Released: August 31, 1948
Type: Movie