Romantic Warriors: A Progressive Music Saga

Romantic Warriors: A Progressive Music Saga
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Directed by	Adele Schmidt José Zegarra Holder
Written by	Adele Schmidt José Zegarra Holder
Produced by	Zeitgeist Media LLC
Starring	Debi Byrd Cabezas de Cera Cheer-Accident Deluge Grander D.F.A. Steve Feigenbaum Gary Green Gentle Giant Karmakanic Rob LaDuca Ray Loboda Rob Martino La Maschera di Cera Joyce Nalewajk Oblivion Sun Leonardo Pavkovic Mike Potter Phideaux Qui Jim Robinson George Roldan Deborah Sears Paul Sears Steve Sly Roine Stolt
Cinematography	Adele Schmidt José Zegarra Holder
Edited by	Adele Schmidt
Music by	Cabezas de Cera Cheer-Accident Deluge Grander DFA Gentle Giant Karmakanic Rob Martino La Maschera di Cera Oblivion Sun Phideaux Qui
Distributed by	Zeitgeist Media
Release date	July 31, 2010 (2010-07-31) (DVD)[1]
Running time	95 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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.