"AMERICAN JOUSTER" examines the motivations and lifestyles of modern day knights who live a life of pain and glory on the road.

The documentary follows three different jousting companies at three separate renaissance festivals during the course of a year. The video reveals how the companies structure their performances and what goes into training their horses, squires and knights.

The dangers of performance, the trials and tribulations of a life on the road, the difficulties of family life and the close knit bonds that hold these men and women together are explored through personal interviews backstage rehearsals and performance footage.

Producer/Videographer Richard P. Alvarez brings his unique experience as both a filmmaker and former jouster to the project, and captures an intimate look inside the lives of the men and women who strap on the harness of medieval tournament, display the heraldry of an age gone by and live a life of courage and chivalry.

Running time 56 minutes, 30 seconds