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- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Phillip Rodriguez: award-winning documentary filmmaker". Phillip Rodriguez. Archived from the original on August 24, 2021. Retrieved Aug 24, 2021.
- ↑ 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 2023-01-16. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
- ↑ Denevi, Timothy (2018-10-30). 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 2023-01-16. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
- ↑ "WATCH: PBS Documentary on Chicano Lawyer and Activist Oscar Acosta". PEOPLE.com. Archived from the original on 2021-08-25. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
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