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, 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 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.
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 and Kanopy
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NPR radio programme including discussion of the film IMDb Rotten Tomatoes