Romantic Warriors I
A Progressive Music Saga
Runtime: 95 minutes
*Winner of the 2011 Bronze Peer Award for Best Documentary, one of the most sought-after awards within the Mid-Atlantic film community, and was broadcasted by National Television on 40 public channels nationwide for over two years.*
Inspired by classical progressive rock bands of 40 years ago such as Gentle Giant, King Crimson, Emerson Lake and Palmer, and Pink Floyd, young bands of today have transformed progressive music into something new. Ignored by today’s music industry, but empowered by the tools of the Internet, these young bands are trying to find their audience while crafting a personal sound as an alternative to mainstream music. This film is also about the passion and spirit of progressive music genre, its music, its festivals, and the ecosystem that supports it.
Featuring
These musicians tell their stories, talk about their influences, creative process, challenges, 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.
Cabezas de Cera – Avant/Fusion (Mexico)
Cheer-Accident – Avant/Experimental (USA)
Deluge Grander – Symphonic (USA)
D.F.A. – Jazz/Fusion (Italy)
Karmakanic – Symphonic (Sweden)
La Maschera Di Cera – Symphonic (Italy)
Oblivion Sun – Symphonic (USA)
Phideaux – Symphonic (USA)
Qui – Jazz Canterbury (Japan)
Rob Martino – Chapman Stick Player (USA)
Reviews
“A masterful job of capturing the essence of progressive music as an underground phenomenon.”
John CollingeEditor, Progression Magazine
“An affectionate, entertaining, and wide-ranging survey of the contemporary East Coast prog scene.”
Edward MacanAuthor, “Rocking the Classics: English Progressive Rock and the Counterculture”
“This documentary reveals how well progressive rock remains an active source of great music nowadays – including lots of input from unsung old heroes and new champions of the genre.”
César IncaProgressive Music Reviewer, ProgArchives.com
“An engaging look into the world of today’s progressive rock movement.”
Sean TonarProgressiveEars.com
“Romantic Warriors can claim to be the first documentary film that focuses not so much on the musical protagonists of the progressive rock scene, but rather on the people without whose loyalty and dedication the genre would have completely died out at the end of the Seventies.”
Raffaella BerryProgMistress.wordpress.com
“This is a great progressive music DVD! It’s a more than 4.5 stars rating! For those of you who claim yourselves as proghead, you must have this! Keep on proggin’ …!”
Gatot WidayantoProgArchives.com
“Viewing Romantic Warriors almost gives you the envy to move over on the east coast and be part of the scene.”
Hugues ChantraineProgArchives.com
“A well done and very enjoyable film on the underground prog scene here on the East Coast, and a DVD that anyone with a passing interest in the genre needs to check out.”
Pete PardoSeaofTranquility.org
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