Romantic Warriors - A Progressive Music Saga (2010)

Original title

Romantic Warriors: A Progressive Music Saga

Directed by

Adele Schmidt, José Zegarra Holder

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary explores progressive rock as an artistic and cultural movement. The filmmakers focus on the genre's history and its revival in the early 2000s.

informativenostalgicenthusiasticeducationaldetailedappreciativespecializedrespectful

What happens

Romantic Warriors: A Progressive Music Saga is a feature-length documentary film written and directed by Adele Schmidt and José Zegarra Holder, released in 2010 as the first part of a series dedicated to progressive rock as an artistic, cultural and social phenomenon. The project reflects the film makers' love of a music genre that has made a strong comeback in the early 21st century – four decades after its Seventies heyday – although without regaining the commercial appeal of the original movement. Romantic Warriors was positively received by long-time followers of the genre, and sparked interest also outside the boundaries of the progressive rock fandom. The second installment of the series – titled Romantic Warriors II: A Progressive Music Saga About Rock in Opposition – was released in the summer of 2012. The third film, dedicated to the Canterbury scene and titled Romantic Warriors III: Canterbury Tales, was released April 2015. The fourth in the series, Romantic Warriors IV: Krautrock was released April 2019. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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