BLACK SABBATH fan site Black-Sabbath.com has shared a video report from the world premiere of the new documentary “Dio: Dreamers Never Die”.
Damian Muziani from the site was on hand for the event, which took place this past Thursday (March 17) at this year’s SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas.
You can check out the video below.
On Friday, a panel was held at Austin Convention Center featuring numerous individuals who were involved in the making of the film, which included Dio’s wife and longtime manager Wendy Dio, BLACK SABBATH bassist Geezer Butler and former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach.
Muziani asked Geezer about his memories of Ronnie, to which the legendary bassist replied: “I was really glad that me and Ronnie had made up and all the past was in the past. At the end of the film, I was so glad that we got together in HEAVEN & HELL and sorted everything out. It was great.”
“Dio: Dreamers Never Die” is the first documentary about Dio to be fully authorized by the artist’s estate. According to the film’s official description, it “delves deep into his incredible rise from ’50s doo-wop crooner to his early classic rock days in Ritchie Blackmore’s RAINBOW, to replacing the iconic lead singer Ozzy Osbourne in BLACK SABBATH, to finally cement his legend with DIO. Ronnie’s biography is completely unique to the tired sex, drugs and rock and roll clichés. The film is about perseverance, dreams and the power to believe in yourself.”
“Dio: Dreamers Never Die” was financed solely by BMG and was helmed by Don Argott and Demian Fenton (“Framing John DeLorean”, “Believer”, “Last Days Here”), produced by Don Argott and Sheena Joyce for 9.14 Pictures, and executive produced by Wendy Dio for Niji Productions and Kathy Rivkin Daum for BMG.
