Monty and Rose's 2020 brood stand on Chicago's Montrose Beach.
Calling all teachers!
The "Monty and Rose" film project has worked with Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum and Center for Great Lakes Literacy for a virtual workshop for 6th to 12th grade educators to bring the film to classrooms across Chicagoland. If you are interested in learning more about education opportunities, please contact us.
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The "Monty and Rose" film project has worked with Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum and Center for Great Lakes Literacy for a virtual workshop for 6th to 12th grade educators to bring the film to classrooms across Chicagoland. If you are interested in learning more about education opportunities, please contact us.
Stay tuned for info on more screenings of "Monty and Rose 2." Sign up for our email list to stay in the know!
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The feature-length film chronicles the lives of the beloved pair of plovers over five years and is a follow-up to the 2019 documentary short. Those interviewed include "Plover Mother" Tamima Itani, actor/artist Tony Fitzpatrick, Chicago Tribune reporter Morgan Greene, American Birding Association's Greg Neise, Chicago Ornithological Society President Edward Warden, Montrose Dunes Site Steward Leslie Borns, longtime Chicago birder and guide Geoff Williamson and many more. The approximately hour-long documentary was written and directed by Bob Dolgan, a past Board Member of Chicago Ornithological Society and author of the This Week in Birding newsletter. Videography is by Mitchell Wenkus, editing is by Sharon Filipkowski and animations are by Bill Fogarty. Music is by local indie favorites Congress of Starlings and San Diego ska pioneers Spy Kids. The film is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council. Title Sponsor is Redstart Birding, a small, Ohio-based, female-owned business powered by birders, and Platinum Sponsors are Openlands, which protects the natural and open spaces of northeastern Illinois, and Moss Design, a full-service architecture and design studio in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago.
The feature-length film chronicles the lives of the beloved pair of plovers over five years and is a follow-up to the 2019 documentary short. Those interviewed include "Plover Mother" Tamima Itani, actor/artist Tony Fitzpatrick, Chicago Tribune reporter Morgan Greene, American Birding Association's Greg Neise, Chicago Ornithological Society President Edward Warden, Montrose Dunes Site Steward Leslie Borns, longtime Chicago birder and guide Geoff Williamson and many more. The approximately hour-long documentary was written and directed by Bob Dolgan, a past Board Member of Chicago Ornithological Society and author of the This Week in Birding newsletter. Videography is by Mitchell Wenkus, editing is by Sharon Filipkowski and animations are by Bill Fogarty. Music is by local indie favorites Congress of Starlings and San Diego ska pioneers Spy Kids. The film is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council. Title Sponsor is Redstart Birding, a small, Ohio-based, female-owned business powered by birders, and Platinum Sponsors are Openlands, which protects the natural and open spaces of northeastern Illinois, and Moss Design, a full-service architecture and design studio in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago.