In-Person Book-to-Film: The Zookeeper's Wife

In honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day, this American drama is based in Diane Ackerman’s non-fiction book of the same name will be shown. The film tells the true story of how Jan and Antonino Zabinski rescued hundreds of Polish Jews from the Germans by hiding them in their Warsaw zoo during World War II. The movie stars Jessikah Chastain, Johan Heidenbergch, Daniel Bruhl and Michal McElhatton. PG-13 125 minutes

Read the book, then watch the film at the library and see how it was interpreted for the screen. A short discussion will follow led by Stacey Farley, Head of Reference. Copies of the book will be available at the Circulation Desk one month before the discussion.