Who thinks competitive jousting went out with the Middle Ages ought to think again, as while it's certainly a fringe sport, there are still actual jousters in actual (though slightly adapted) medieval-like armour out there battling it out - in show fights at renaissance fairs of course, to support the sport and provide authentic entertainment to the masses, but also in actual tournaments.

David W. Schade runs one such jousting company, The New Riders of  the Golden Age, out of Sarasota, Florida, which is touring the country with the Sherwood Forest Faire, and he takes us behind the scenes showing what's the same and what has changed since midieval times, and also showing the comraderie between the jousters and the therapeutic effects of the jousting lifestyle ...

Now the subject matter in itself already makes Knight Life a fascinating documentary, but what makes it really infectuous is the enthusiasm that Schade, who has also written and produced, has put into his project, an enthusiasm clearly shared by the rest of his crew. Also, the film features many quite cool jousting clips, shot from pretty much all angles (including GoPro shots of course) that really transmit the fascination of the sport as such. And all this combined basically makes for a very entertaining watch.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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