Movie
American Zoo
2026 · 90 min
A wistful, unsettling excavation of faded family fun that slowly curdles into something darker and harder to shake.
- Directed by
- Tim Travers Hawkins
- Genres
- Documentary
- Overview
- The Catskill Game Farm was America's first ever private zoo, fostering beloved childhood memories for a generation before falling into disrepair and closing in 2006. Amongst the rubble, filmmakers discover reels of home movies which would expose a shocking new chapter of the zoo's history.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, eerie, dark and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Memory, grief, deception, nature
- Content
- Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Tim Travers Hawkins
- Genres
- Documentary