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]
| Sasquatch | |
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| Genre | True crime |
| Directed by | Joshua Rofé |
| Music by | H. Scott Salinas |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 3 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producers |
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| Producer | M. Elizabeth Hughes Lukas Cox |
| Cinematography | Ronan Killeen |
| Animator | Drew Christie |
| Running time | 46 minutes |
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| Original release | |
| Network | Hulu |
| Release | April 20, 2021 – present |
Cast
edit- 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
Episodes
edit| No. | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Grabbing at Smoke" | April 20, 2021 |
| 2 | "Spy Rock" | April 20, 2021 |
| 3 | "Monsters Among Us" | April 20, 2021 |
Reception
editSasquatch 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
editReferences
edit- ^ Hersko, Tyler (2021-03-26). "'Sasquatch': Duplass Brothers' Hulu Murder Mystery Doc Sets April Premiere". IndieWire. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- ^ Greene, Steve (April 23, 2021). "'Sasquatch': The Hulu Documentary's Special Blend of Animation, Memory, and Myth". IndieWire. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- ^ Schneider, Ruth (2021-03-21). "Hulu's 'Sasquatch' series features Humboldt County, cannabis, Bigfoot". Times-Standard. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- ^ Berman, Judy (2021-05-21). "The 5 Best New Shows Our TV Critic Watched in April 2021". TIME. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- ^ Roeper, Richard (2021-04-19). "'Sasquatch': Nosy man doesn't find Bigfoot, but other beasts turn up". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
- ^ Jones, Eileen (2021-04-29). "Sasquatch Tries, and Fails, to Make Bigfoot a Metaphor for American Violence". Jacobin. Retrieved 2021-06-08.