The Rise and Fall of the Brown Buffalo

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The Rise and Fall of the Brown Buffalo
Directed by Phillip Rodriguez
Written by Phillip Rodriguez David Ventura
Produced by Benicio 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]

Contents

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

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 (2018-02-19). "Benicio del Toro Joins 'Rise and Fall of the Brown Buffalo' as Exec Producer (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
  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 2023-01-16. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
  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 Aug 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 2023-01-16. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ "WATCH: PBS Documentary on Chicano Lawyer and Activist Oscar Acosta". PEOPLE.com. Archived from the original on 2021-08-25. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
  10. ↑ "VOCES | the Rise and Fall of the Brown Buffalo". PBS . Archived from the original on 2018-03-26. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
  11. ↑ "The Rise and Fall of the Brown Buffalo | Kanopy". Archived from the original on 2019-07-08. Retrieved 2018-03-25.


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