Sidney Santiago
Acting
Biography
Sidney Santiago Kwanza (Guarujá, August 3, 1985) is a Brazilian actor, researcher, activist and theater director. Graduated in acting from the School of Dramatic Art of the University of São Paulo, he is a member and one of the founders of the theater group Os Crespos.
Born: August 3, 1985
Place of Birth: Guarujá, São Paulo, Brazil
Known For
The Slave Mother
The story begins in 1789 in Congo, in Africa, where a tribe celebrates the marriage of Luena and Kamau. The natives, trapped and sold as slaves.
Dr. Gama
Based on the biography of Luiz Gama, one of the most important characters in Brazilian history, a black man who used the laws and courts to free more than 500 slaves. Born of a free womb, Gama was sold into slavery at the age of 10 to pay off his father's gambling debts. Even as a slave, he became literate, studied and earned his own freedom, becoming one of the most respected lawyers of his time. An abolitionist and republican who inspired an entire country.
Queridos Amigos
Reserved, intelligent and generous, Leo has achieved professional success and now lives secluded in Serra da Cantareira, alongside young Karina. He discovers that he is ill, and decides to reunite the old friends of the 1970s, with whom he fought the military regime.
Reflections of a Blender
After receiving a new blade, a blender suddenly gains consciousness. As it grapples with existential questions, it becomes the sole companion to the grieving wife of a missing man.
India: A Love Story
The daughter of a traditional, rich Indian family falls in love for a Dalit, and "untouchable" man.
The Twelve Labours
The story of a young black man, Héracles, who after being released from a juvenile institution, tries to apply for his first honest job as a motorcycle delivery boy. To get the job, he has to perform 12 hard tasks in São Paulo.
The Sign of the City
Teca, a late-night radio show host, uses her astrological skills to help listeners who call in for advice. But her own life feels empty and lonely. One day she makes the acquaintance of her handsome new neighbour, Gil, only to find out he is married.
Stories of Samba
At a bar table, old samba singer and composer Adoniran Barbosa tells a young waiter stories about a São Paulo that no longer exists. He fondly remembers the maloca where he lived with Joca and Mato Grosso, their passion for Iracema and other characters eternalized in his sambas, chronicles of a metropolis swallowed up by the voracious appetite of progress.
The Devil Lives Here
Three teenagers go visit a friend at his old farmhouse for the weekend. What they didn't expect was to be stuck in the middle of a centenary war between good and evil.
Rensga Hits!
Filmography
as W. E. B. Du Bois
as Renan / Sandra Pink
as Hugo
as Renan / Sandra Pink
as Cícero
as Theo
as Vadinho
as Cacau
as José
as Lima Barreto (jovem)
as Matheus
as Pai Classe Média
as Diamante
as Bento
as Sapião
as Leandro
as Nadinho
as Rapaz da Vitamina
as Cleber
as Ademir Silva
as Jurandir
as Josi
as Héracles