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''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.


Plot summary

The film documents the life and career of
Oscar Zeta Acosta Oscar "Zeta" Acosta Fierro (; April 8, 1935 – disappeared 1974) was a Mexican-American attorney, politician, novelist and activist in the Chicano Movement. He was most well known for his novels ''Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo'' (1972) and ...
, an American attorney, politician, novelist, and
Chicano Movement The Chicano Movement, also referred to as El Movimiento, was a social and political movement in the United States inspired by prior acts of resistance among people of Mexican descent, especially of Pachucos in the 1940s and 1950s, and the Black ...
activist who was fictionalized as Dr. Gonzo in
Hunter S. Thompson Hunter Stockton Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) was an American journalist and author who founded the gonzo journalism movement. He rose to prominence with the publication of '' Hell's Angels'' (1967), a book for which he s ...
's ''
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ''Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream'' is a 1971 novel in the gonzo journalism style by Hunter S. Thompson. The book is a ''roman à clef'', rooted in autobiographical incidents. The story follo ...
''. The documentary was developed and directed by Phillip Rodriguez 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 ''Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo'' is the first novel by Oscar Zeta Acosta and it focuses on his own self-discovery in a fictionalized manner. An autobiography, the plot presents an alienated lawyer of Mexican descent, who works in an Oakland, ...
''.


Cast

*Jesse Celedon as Oscar Zeta Acosta *
Jeff Harms Jeff Harms is an American musician and actor from Arlington Heights, Illinois. In the music world he is known for his song-writing and solo performances, occasionally accompanied by the likes of Leroy Bach, Emmett Kelly, Sam Wagster, Dan Mohr, Gil ...
as Hunter S. Thompson *Steve Ledesma as young Oscar Zeta Acosta


Streaming

The film is available online through pbs.org and Kanopy


References


External links

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NPR radio programme including discussion of the filmIMDbRotten Tomatoes
2017 films Oscar Zeta Acosta 2017 documentary films American documentary films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films {{2010s-US-film-stub