Synopsis

Ten years prior, a revelation in a New York restaurant spurred Richard Ogust to devote himself to saving endangered turtles – intercepting hundreds destined for Southeast Asian markets. Now, filmmakers find the fifty-year-old writer residing in a Manhattan loft filled with twelve hundred turtles, representing five species lost to the wild. Yet, this burgeoning sanctuary and his preservation work are pushing him to his limits, both in mind and in pocketbook. With evocative imagery and a poignant