Checkpoint Zoo

About Checkpoint Zoo

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.

Checkpoint Zoo is a 2024 documentary film directed by Joshua Zeman. Released in June 2024, it runs 103 minutes.

The film is filed under war, zoo, ukraine, and political documentary.

Oleksandr Feldman appears as Self, Vadim Vorontinsky as Self, Vitalii Ilchenko as Self, and Svitlana Vyshnevetska as Self. The screenplay is by Joshua Zeman. It comes from Appian Way, Ghost Robot, and Noah Media Group.

Sniper: The White Raven, 20 Days in Mariupol, and The War, Donald Trump and Us make useful companions to Checkpoint Zoo, all filed under russian invasion of ukraine (2022).