Sasquatch (TV series) explained
| Genre: | True crime |
| Director: | Joshua Rofé |
| Producer: | M. Elizabeth HughesLukas Cox |
| Music: | H. Scott Salinas |
| Cinematography: | Ronan Killeen |
| Animator: | Drew Christie |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 3 |
| List Episodes: | - Episodes
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| Runtime: | 46 minutes |
| Network: | Hulu |
| Last Aired: | present |
Sasquatch is an American true crime documentary television series that premiered on Hulu on April 20, 2021,[1] with a South by Southwest pre-release screen on March 16, 2021. The show begins with investigative journalist David Holthouse's recalling a story he heard in 1993 on a cannabis farm in Mendocino County, part of the Emerald Triangle in Northern California. Holthouse heard someone say that Bigfoot has killed three people on a nearby cannabis farm.[2] Throughout the show Holthouse talks with marijuana growers and law enforcement in Mendocino County, who tell him about possible connections to the Hells Angels biker gang and Spy Rock Road, a lawless marijuana growing area of Mendocino County near Laytonville. These interviews reveal the larger problem of missing persons in the Emerald Triangle.[3]
Cast
- David Holthouse - Self - Investigative Journalist
- Ghostdance - Self - Cannabis Farmer
- Christopher Dienstag - Self - Former Cannabis Farmer
- Razor - Self - Cannabis Farmer
- Molly Sinoway - Self - Back to the Lander
- Bob Gimlin - Self - Legendary Sasquatch Hunter
- Charles Carlson - Self - Back to the Lander
- Larry Livermore - Self - Back to the Lander
- Diana - Self - Niece of Hugo Olea-Lopez
- Wayne and Georges - Themselves - Wayne Stapleton, Georges Hemingway — Life Partners/Sasquatch Hunters
- Bob Heironimus - Self - Self-Proclaimed Sasquatch Hoaxer
- Brian Regal - Self - Author of Searching for Sasquatch
- Luis Espinoza - Self - Lead Investigator, Hugo Olea-Lopez Case
- Dale Ferranto - Self - CAMP Commander
- Tom Allman - Self - Mendocino County Sheriff
- James Fay - Self - Sasquatch Hunter
- Jerry Hein - Self - Sasquatch Hunter
- Mike Sinoway - Self - Attorney
- Mark Saiz - Self - CAMP Officer
- Jim Murphy - Self - Retired Police Officer
- Jeffrey Meldrum - Self - Professor of Anatomy and Anthropology
Reception
Sasquatch has received mostly positive reviews with critics praising the pacing, animated recreations, and true sense of danger.[4] Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times wrote, "director Joshua Rofe makes great use of sparse, graphic-novel type re-enactment animation to augment the usual assortment of interviews and archival footage."[5] One of the few negative reviews came from Eileen Jones of Jacobin, who wrote that it consisted of "entirely unserious, exploitative hijinks" which contrasted with the serious subject matter.[6]
See also
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Notes and References
- Web site: 'Sasquatch': Duplass Brothers' Hulu Murder Mystery Doc Sets April Premiere. Hersko. Tyler. 2021-03-26. IndieWire. en. 2021-07-08.
- Web site: 'Sasquatch': The Hulu Documentary's Special Blend of Animation, Memory, and Myth. Greene. Steve. April 23, 2021. IndieWire. en. 2021-07-08.
- Web site: Hulu's 'Sasquatch' series features Humboldt County, cannabis, Bigfoot. Schneider. Ruth. 2021-03-21. Times-Standard. en. 2021-07-08.
- The 5 Best New Shows Our TV Critic Watched in April 2021. Berman. Judy. 2021-05-21. TIME. 2021-07-08. en.
- News: 'Sasquatch': Nosy man doesn't find Bigfoot, but other beasts turn up. Roeper. Richard. 2021-04-19. Chicago Sun-Times. 2021-04-19. en.
- Web site: Sasquatch Tries, and Fails, to Make Bigfoot a Metaphor for American Violence. Jacobin. Jones. Eileen. 2021-04-29. 2021-06-08.
