Ruth Pinto de Souza was considered one of the great ladies of Brazilian dramaturgy and the first great reference for black artists on television for her notable roles. Ruth stood out for being the first black actress to star in a soap opera on Rede Globo in A Cabana do Pai Tomás (1969) — and the second on Brazilian television, after Yolanda Braga, in A Cor da Sua Pele (1965) on TV Tupi — in addition to being the first Brazilian artist nominated f...
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A Mãe e o Filho da Mãe
Abdias Nascimento
Conversations with Ruth de Souza
Candinho
As Manuela
Daughters of the Wind
As Cida
Primavera
As Josephina / Matilda / Madre Amélia
Distraída para a Morte
As Carolina de Jesus
Boca
As Mrs. Esteban
Quem matou Anabela?
As Shirley
Um Homem Célebre
Macumba Love
As Mama Rata-loi
The Landowner's Daughter
As Sabina
Death Commands Brigandage
As Rezadeira
Assault on the Pay Train
As Judith
A Fit of Rage
As Mariana
The Naked Man
Only One Survived
As Mama Santa
Também Somos Irmãos
As Rosália
Jubiabá
As Tia Luiza
Osso, Amor e Papagaios
Denying Brazil
As Herself
Em Quadro: A História de 4 Negros nas Telas
As Self
O Vendedor de Passados
As Dona Célia
Lonesome Women
Fruit of Love
Ravina
Movie Theaters of Rio
As Self
Pureza Proibida
Angela
Bruma Seca
As Luisa
Falta Alguém no Manicômio
Sweet Thieves
As Rainha Louca
Terra é Sempre Terra
O Aleijadinho - Paixão, Glória e Suplício
As Joana
O Cabeleira
Gimba, Presidente dos Valentes
High Art
As Old Woman Kissing
Pontal da Solidão
The Shadow of Another
Favela
Pitanga
As Self
Who Killed Pacifico?
Inezita Barroso - A Voz e a Viola
Memória Vera Cruz: A Recuperação de um Sonho
As Divas Negras do Cinema Brasileiro
Inezita
Pressed, Ripped Apart
As (archive footage)
O Construtor de Sonhos
Terra Violenta
As Empregada
Filhas de Lavadeiras
As herself
Eu, Mulher Negra
Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday
As Self (archive footage)
O Bem-Amado
As Francisca (Chiquinha do Parto)
Memorial de Maria Moura
As Siá Mena
O Homem Que Deve Morrer
As Das Dores (Ma. das Dores)
Sétimo Sentido
As Jerusa
The Legacy of Guldenburgs
As Antonia
O Rebu
As Lourdes
The Clone
As Dona Mocinha da Silva
Mandala
As Zezé (Maria José Barbosa)
Corpo a Corpo
As Jurema Nascimento Rangel
Sinhazinha Flô
As Justa
Rainha da Sucata
As Juíza Elizabeth Andrade
A Cabana do Pai Tomás
As Cloé