Attorney Oscar Zeta Acosta
Los Angeles, CA- The Rise and Fall of the Brown Buffalo, a Latino film produced by Latinos with Latino actors, director, producer, cinematographer, associate producer, writer, and crew will be airing as a VOCES special on PBS this Friday at 9PM in Southern California and about the same time in other time zones.
The Rise and Fall of the Brown Buffalo is a fresh and genre-defying film about the life of radical Chicano lawyer, author and countercultural icon, Oscar Zeta Acosta – the basis for the character Dr. Gonzo in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, written by his friend, legendary journalist- provocateur Hunter S. Thompson. Filmmaker Phillip Rodriguez brings Acosta to life by employing a cinematic style as unorthodox as his subject: weaving archival footage and images with dramatized portrayals of Acosta, Thompson, and other key figures and moments of the era.
The script is culled from Acosta and Thompson’s writings and interviews, as well as letters, journalistic and personal accounts. The resulting film brings narrative style to documentary filmmaking and paints a portrait of a fascinating, complex and enigmatic man.The Rise and Fall of the Brown Buffalo premieres Friday, March 23, 2018, 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET as a VOCES special on PBS.
Academy Award winner actor Benicio Del Toro had joined the documentary as Executive Producer.
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