Not Your Typical Bigfoot Movie

These are not your typical documentary subjects.

To most, pursuing Bigfoot through the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains constitutes a monumental waste of time. To Dallas Gilbert and Wayne Burton, though, there is nothing else to be done.

The researchers are best friends living in Portsmouth, Ohio, which was once a bustling steel town. Sadly, the town has seen little progress since its heyday. Most would dismiss the men as uneducated rednecks, but filmmaker Jay Delaney recognizes the genuine, human experience through which these men struggle.
 
Delaney's work is masterful for the dignity it infuses into the duo's lives, though their struggles often seem more real than the beasts they pursue. (The film never takes a stance on Bigfoot's existence, but it's careful not to judge those who believe.)

Like Vladimir and Estragon wait for Godot, Gilbert and Burton wait endlessly to capture the perfect piece of evidence, the one that will make all their troubles disappear.

Catch it...to see documentary filmmaking that reflects a sincere observation of the human condition, while paying the utmost respect to its subjects.

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