ROCK PROPHECIES, the Feature-Length Chronicle of Conflicted Photographer Robert M. Knight, on a Quest to Find Both Himself and the World's Next Great Guitar Player

ROCK PROPHECIES, the Feature-Length Chronicle of Conflicted Photographer Robert M. Knight, on a Quest to Find Both Himself and the World's Next Great Guitar Player

Is An Official Selection At The 2009 Nashville Film Festival

ROCK PROPHECIES Won the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the 2009 AFI Dallas Film Festival

LOS ANGELES, April 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Imagine seeing bands like Led Zeppelin or the Rolling Stones long before they became famous. Legendary Rock photographer Robert Knight did just that, and has the photos to prove it. ROCK PROPHECIES explores Robert's amazing career and follows him on his quest to help the bands of today become the Rock legends of tomorrow. When Robert stumbles upon Tyler Dow Bryant - a 16-year old guitar phenom from Texas - he's convinced he may have found the next Stevie Ray Vaughan. Robert risks his reputation and career and takes a chance on Tyler. The two then set off on an unbelievable journey to take their own shot at making history.

ROCK PROPHECIES just won the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the 2009 AFI Dallas Film Festival. It also received the highest combined vote total collected of any film playing at that festival. Dallas' WFAA-TV film critic Gary Cogill said, "ROCK PROPHECIES is a remarkable film and one of my favorite films at the AFI Dallas Film Festival this year."

The film features interviews and performances from Jeff Beck, ZZ Top, Carlos Santana, Slash, Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick, and Steve Vai, among others, and is an official selection screening in competition at the Nashville Film Festival on Saturday, April 18 at 7:30pm at the Regal Green Hills Theatre. Knight, Bryant and director John Chester will stick around afterwards for a brief Q+A, followed by an after-party at 12th and Porter, with performances by Tyler Dow Bryant and Sick Puppies. A second screening is set for Wednesday, April 22 at 9:30pm at Regal Green Hills.

"It's a true story about having a dream, and how to fulfill that dream," Knight says of ROCK PROPHECIES. "For that matter, it's the story of fulfilling other peoples' dreams, too." While building relationships with established guitar royalty, Knight has always managed to keep his finger on the cultural pulse, leaping at the opportunity to photograph and promote emerging talent such as blues-rock star Joe Bonamassa, and rising bands Sick Puppies, The Answer and Panic At The Disco. Since Robert became involved, Sick Puppies has scored a hit single and viral video smash with "All the Same" and "Free Hugs," The Answer has opened for AC/DC's 2009 world tour, and Panic at the Disco's debut album, A Fever You Can't Sweat Out, has sold 2.2 million copies.

A film by John Chester and produced by Tim Kaiser, ROCK PROPHECIES was shot in multiple locations across the U.S. and England. Kaiser has proclaimed Knight to be the "the Forrest Gump of Rock 'n Roll" for his ability to capture history in the making, namely the last photo ever taken of Stevie Ray Vaughan and some of the earliest of Hendrix and Led Zeppelin. "A lot of people take great pictures," says Kaiser, "but Robert just captures history again and again." In the words of director John Chester, Knight's "ability to zero in on the legends of tomorrow is more than a little eerie. I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't filmed it myself."

In a venture with Samsung Mobile, ROCK PROPHECIES will also introduce the world to another way to capture historic Rock moments with the new Samsung Memoir(TM) - a full touch-screen mobile phone designed to look and feel like a point-and-shoot digital camera. The Memoir, available exclusively from T-Mobile, has a built-in 8-megapixel camera and premium multimedia features, placing it among the highest quality imaging phones available in the U.S. The Memoir's ability to capture and share quality photographs, and Robert Knight's talent of capturing historical rock n' roll moments make the tie-in with the film a natural fit.

In addition to the two screenings and concert, Robert Knight will be hosting a book signing at Borders Books (2501 West End Ave.) on Sunday, April 19 at 2pm for Rock Gods: Forty Years of Rock Photography (Insight Editions, October 2008) which is a comprehensive collection of Knight's work with over 200 full-color images, plus commentary from artists that Knight photographed during the past four decades.

For more information: www.rockprophecies.com

Source: ROCK PROPHECIES

CONTACT: Erin Podbereski of Jensen Communications, +1-626-585-9575,
erin@jensencom.com, for ROCK PROPHECIES

Web Site: http://www.rockprophecies.com/

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