The Rise and Fall of the Brown Buffalo

The Rise and Fall of the Brown Buffalo
Directed byPhillip Rodriguez
Written byPhillip Rodriguez David Ventura
Produced byBenicio Del Toro (executive producer) Alison Sotomayor
CinematographyClaudio Rocha
Edited byClaudio Rocha
Music byAlejandro Cohen Aaron Drake
Production
company
City Projects
Release date
  • September 2017 (2017-09) (San Francisco Latino Film Festival)[1]
Running time
56 minutes
CountryUS
LanguageEnglish

The Rise and Fall of the Brown Buffalo is a 2017 American documentary film directed by Phillip Rodriguez, and written by Phillip Rodriguez, and David Ventura.[2][3][4]

Plot summary

The film documents the life and career of Oscar Zeta Acosta, an American attorney, politician, novelist, and Chicano Movement activist who was fictionalized as Dr. Gonzo in Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. The documentary was developed and directed by Phillip Rodriguez[5][6] over many years and consists of stills and film footage interspersed with dramatic reenactments. It is based in part on Acosta's autobiography with the similar title, Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo.[7][8] [9]

Cast

  • Jesse Celedon as Oscar Zeta Acosta
  • Jeff Harms as Hunter S. Thompson
  • Steve Ledesma as young Oscar Zeta Acosta

Streaming

The film is available online through pbs.org[10] and Kanopy[11]

References

  1. ^ https://kpfa.org/event/cinemas-9th-annual-san-francisco-latino-film-festival/
  2. ^ McNary, Dave (February 19, 2018). "Benicio del Toro Joins 'Rise and Fall of the Brown Buffalo' as Exec Producer (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
  3. ^ Aldama, Frederick Luis (2019). Latinx Ciné in the Twenty-First Century. University of Arizona Press. p. 117. ISBN 978-0-8165-3790-7. Archived from the original on January 16, 2023. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  4. ^ "Hear the real Dr. Gonzo roar: Astonishing new PBS doc celebrates Oscar Zeta Acosta". Salon. March 22, 2018. Archived from the original on August 25, 2021. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  5. ^ "How 'brown buffalo' Oscar Acosta, best known as Hunter Thompson's Dr. Gonzo, inspired his own TV doc". Los Angeles Times. March 21, 2018. Archived from the original on August 29, 2021. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  6. ^ "Phillip Rodriguez: award-winning documentary filmmaker". Phillip Rodriguez. Archived from the original on August 24, 2021. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
  7. ^ Acosta, Oscar Zeta; Stavans, Ilan (2018). The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo. Tangerine Press. ISBN 978-1-910691-30-4. Archived from the original on January 16, 2023. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
  8. ^ Denevi, Timothy (October 30, 2018). Freak Kingdom: Hunter S. Thompson's Manic Ten-Year Crusade Against American Fascism. PublicAffairs. ISBN 978-1-5417-6795-9. Archived from the original on January 16, 2023. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  9. ^ "WATCH: PBS Documentary on Chicano Lawyer and Activist Oscar Acosta". PEOPLE.com. Archived from the original on August 25, 2021. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  10. ^ "VOCES | the Rise and Fall of the Brown Buffalo". PBS. Archived from the original on March 26, 2018. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  11. ^ "The Rise and Fall of the Brown Buffalo | Kanopy". Archived from the original on July 8, 2019. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
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