Rent The Romantics and Us (2020)
4.0 of 5 from 46 ratings
2h 58min
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- Synopsis:
Simon Schama explores the enduring and powerful legacy of the Romantics on our modern age. Simon Schama explores the enduring and powerful legacy of the Romantics on our modern world. Popular revolt. Our obsession with the self. Modern nationalism. These very contemporary ideas were actually the creation of the Romantics, a generation of writers and artists living and working over 200 years ago. In this series, Simon Schama reveals how these ideas, forged during a century-long revolution in art and culture, still impact our lives today.
1. Passions of the PeopleWith contributions from Harriet Walter, Christopher Eccleston, hip-hop artist Testament and French street artist P-Boy, Simon explores the artists who created the secular icons of our democratic world.
2. Chambers of the Mind
With contributions from Tobias Menzies, Peter Doherty, Piotr Anderszewski and Sir David Attenborough, Simon tells the story of how the romantics, fuelled by the failures of the French Revolution and horrors of the industrial revolution, retreated from the tragic uproar of public life to take a journey into their own minds.
3. Tribes
Simon Schama explores the genesis of modern nationalism - its romantic roots in a new idea of nature and homeland, the 'discovery' of native folklore and above all the part played by music, especially Frederic Chopin's mazurkas, in generating the emotion of national belonging.- Actors:
- Simon Schama, David Attenborough, Pete Doherty, Christopher Eccleston, Tobias Menzies, Eddi Reader
- Directors:
- Hugo MacGregor
- Producers:
- Charlotte Sacher
- Narrated By:
- Simon Schama
- Writers:
- Simon Schama
- Aka:
- The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama
- Studio:
- Dazzler
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Documentaries
