Checkpoint Zoo

Checkpoint Zoo (2024)

Checkpoint Zoo documents a daring rescue led by a heroic team of zookeepers and volunteers, who risked their lives to save thousands of animals trapped in a zoo behind enemy lines in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine.

Fecha de estreno
2024-06-06
Duración
1 h 43 min
Géneros
Documental
Director
Joshua Zeman

Reparto

Curiosidades

Checkpoint Zoo is a 2024 American documentary film directed by Joshua Zeman. The film follows a group of Ukrainian zookeepers and volunteers who risked their lives to rescue animals trapped in Feldman Ecopark during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The film had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival and received positive reviews from critics.

Production

Director Joshua Zeman was inspired to create the documentary after seeing a viral video of ChiChi the chimpanzee wandering Freedom Square in Kharkiv. The team gathered footage from zookeepers and news reports and made trips to the site to film additional footage on location.

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