David Byrne's American Utopia

2020 105 min ★ 7.5 Music, Documentary

A filmed version of David Byrne's Broadway show, a unifying musical celebration that inspires audiences to connect to each other and to the global community.

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Cast

David Byrne

Self - Lead Singer & Performer

Chris Giarmo

Self - Vocals/Dance & Vocal Leader

Tendayi Kuumba

Self - Vocals/Dance

Mauro Refosco

Self - Percussion & Drum Section Leader

Karl Mansfield

Self - Keyboard & Band Leader

Angie Swan

Self - Guitar

Bobby Wooten III

Self - Bass

Jacqueline Acevedo

Self - Percussion

Gustavo Di Dalva

Self - Percussion

Stephane San Juan

Self - Percussion

Details

Director

Spike Lee

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Participant, River Road Entertainment, Warner Music Group, Todomundo, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, RadicalMedia, HBO Documentary Films

Reviews

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SWITCH.

November 16, 2020

★ 10/10

If 'Stop Making Sense' is a film of awe, 'David Byrne's American Utopia' is a film of ecstasy - the ecstasy of being alive, of creating, of connecting, of hoping, of healing, of uniting. That ecstasy is in every breathless moment of what we're seeing on stage, and every bombastic moment of the filmmaking itself. The only way this could possibly be better is if you were sitting in the Hudson Theatr...