Checkpoint Zoo - Director Joshua Zeman

Director Joshua Zeman’s intense documentary, CHECKPOINT ZOO focuses on the early days of the Russian-Ukrainian war Kharkiv, the country’s second largest city, as it becomes a warzone. On one side of the battlefield was the invading Russian army, on the other side, the defending Ukrainians, and caught in between them, was a zoo called Feldman Ecopark.  Checkpoint Zoo showcases a story of human compassion, bravery, and sacrifice during Ukraine’s darkest hours. shining a light on the best of humanity when it is all too easy to focus on the worst. Director Joshua Zeman (The Killing Season, Cropsey, The Station Agent) stops by to talk about the people and the horrific war-time conditions in Kharkiv that somehow inspired them to stay behind and work together to do the seemingly impossible.