Director:
Phillip Rodriguez
Run Time: 57
minutes
“There was his
style: a Chicano attorney who materialized in Los Angeles courtrooms in loud
ties, bearing business cards embossed with the Aztec god of war and, on at
least one occasion, a gun.. . .Oscar “Zeta” Acosta was not only large, he was
larger than life. The son of a peach picker, he was an activist lawyer who
helped defend the “Eastside 13,” the 13 men indicted by a grand jury
for their role in planning the East L.A. school walkouts of 1968. But his place as one of pop culture’s most
indelible characters came via his pal Hunter S. Thompson, who used Acosta as
the inspiration for “Dr. Gonzo” in the drug-fueled roman à clef “Fear and
Loathing in Las Vegas.”
– Carolina A.
Miranda, Los Angeles Times.
