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Romantic Warriors: A Progressive Music Saga (2010)

1h 35m

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June 6, 2010
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Romantic Warriors: A Progressive Music Saga (2010)

Name: Romantic Warriors: A Progressive Music Saga
Released: 2010-06-06

1h 35m

Running Time

June 6, 2010
Release Date

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Plot.

This award-winning 95-minute documentary film highlights ten contemporary progressive music bands: Cabezas De Cera, Cheer-Accident, Deluge Grander, D.F.A., Karmakanic, La Maschera Di Cera, Oblivion Sun, Phideaux, Qui, Rob Martino. These musicians tell their stories, influences, creative process, challenges they face, and how they sell music in the era of Internet downloads. While the music’s international, cross-cultural appeal receives due coverage, the Eastern United States and the Baltimore-Philadelphia region, specifically, are acknowledged as the cradle of prog’s post-1970s artistic renaissance. This film is also about the passion and spirit of progressive music genre, its music, its festivals, and the ecosystem that supports it. The documentary won the 2011 Bronze Peer Award for Best Documentary, one of the most sought-after awards within the Mid-Atlantic film community. TIVA-DC sponsors the annual Peer Awards competition to celebrate excellence in local media.

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Cast & Crew.

José Zegarra Holder

Director

Adele Schmidt

Director

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Release Date
June 6, 2010

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 35m

Last updated: 2025-02-13

Wiki.

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.