Monty and Rose
They'll capture your imagination...and your heart

"Monty and Rose" is a 2019 documentary short written and directed by Turnstone Strategies' Bob Dolgan. The film tells the story of a pair of endangered piping plovers that nested at Chicago's Montrose Beach, becoming the first of the species to nest in the city since 1948. The endangered birds took up residence on one of the busiest stretches of the busiest beach in Chicago.  The "Monty and Rose" short was an official selection of the One Earth Film Festival and has aired on Chicago's PBS station, WTTW Channel 11.

Visit www.montyandrose.net for information about the feature-length version of the documentary, released on Sept. 4, 2021.

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"In these times when so much has to be closed, the care so many humans have taken to care and provide for a couple of small birds is a kind of reassuring signal. Life goes on. Love finds a way. Family sustains. The fate of two small piping plovers still amounts to something in this crazy world."
--Scott Simon on Monty and Rose, NPR Weekend Edition Saturday, May 9, 2020

Plover chick photo by Gordon Garcia