Zoo

Seattle-based filmmaker Robinson Devor blurs the line between documentary and narrative storytelling with an expressionistic rendering of the 2005 news story that shocked the world. Kenneth Pinyan was a 45-year-old Boeing engineer who, shortly after being anonymously dropped at a Washington state hospital in July 2005, died of a perforated colon. When the subsequent police investigation led authorities to a nearby farm, the discovery of a videotape featuring the recently deceased and other participants engaging in sexual relations with a variety of horses made headlines across the nation. In the aftermath, it was revealed that zoophiles were much more common that most folks would have surmised. Now, through detailed interviews with self-admitted zoophiles and tasteful dramatic reenactments, director Devor and cinematographer Sean Kirby draw viewers into a secretive world populated by animal lovers who see their unconventional desires as completely natural.