Documentary produced by New Mexico man who died rafting explores Osage Nation murders

[Judi Lynn]

By Phaedra Haywood [e-mail]
34 min ago



David Bishop was a film producer who died May 6 boating on the Rio Grande near Taos.

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Famed filmmaker Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon, based on the true story of how the discovery of oil on the Osage Nation in the 1920s led to the slayings of newly wealthy Osage people, premiered to critical acclaim and a nine-minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival last week.

The $200 million feature film starring Leonardo DiCaprio won't be available stateside until October.

However, an hourlong documentary made by New Mexico filmmaker David Bishop explores some of the same territory and will premiere Monday evening on the Smithsonian Channel.

The Osage Murders was one of Bishop's last projects.

Bishop, 50, who had ties to Santa Fe but was living in Española, died May 6 while rafting the Racecourse section of the Rio Grande in Northern New Mexico with two friends. Their raft capsized in the cold, fast-moving waters. The friends survived but rescuers found Bishop's body floating facedown in the water about a mile down the river.

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[niyad]

1. Anyone who has not read the book, I urge you to do so. A horrific, ugly tale of

greed, corruption, murder and evil perpetrated against the Osage people. How DARE they have oil, and wealth!

[Ruby Zee]

2. Sad loss of David Bishop

I'll look for his documentary.

[Duppers]

3. That is very sad.

Class lV rapids are rough but I'm a bit suspicious here because I have rafted class IV myself.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

4. Suspicious about what?

He was rafting with 2 friends when the raft overturned in cold fast moving water.
Accidents happen unless you're suggesting that his 2 friends had something to do with his death, of which there is no evidence of that.