Summary
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.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+19)
Critics 100Audiences 81GoodWatch 70
Tomatometer100%
IMDb8.1
Running time
1 h 43 min
A typical length for documentaries, +7 min on the typical 96
typical 96103Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries, rent or buy in 3 more
Released
2024
June 6, 2024
2 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
UkrainianRussianMade in
United States
United Kingdom
Ukraine
Rated
No age rating yet.
Yes: its content advisories are violence, and the viewing guide lists it for family nights.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFamily Movie NightFriends NightParty VibeIntergenerationalPartner WatchSolo WatchTeensThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids.
Directing · 1
- Joshua Zeman Director, Writer, Producer
Production · 16
- Leonardo DiCaprio Executive Producer
- Caitlin Colford Executive Producer
- Gabriel Clarke Executive Producer
- John McKenna Executive Producer
- Shawn Singh Executive Producer
- Catherine Quantschnigg Executive Producer
Camera · 2
- Nelson Hume Director of Photography
- Olivier Sarbil Additional Photography
Editing · 4
- Ethan Sapir Assistant Editor
- Collin Couch Assistant Editor
- Daniel Lonsbury Co-Editor
- Andrew Ford Supervising Editor
Sound · 1
- Anne Nikitin Original Music Composer
Other crew · 1
- Madeleine Kern Intern
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