Calling on all of us to think, connect, engage, and dance, David Byrne’s American Utopia unites the brain and the backside, which may be exactly what we need right now. Lee’s powerful visuals bring it right up to the present. 1h 45m IMDb RATING 8.2 /10 4.9K YOUR RATING Rate Play trailer 0:46 5 Videos 15 Photos Documentary Music Musical Spike Lee documents the former Talking Heads frontman's brilliant, timely 2019 Broadway show, based on his recent album and tour of the same name. Spike Lee directs this special concert film of the former. In a film of countless highlights, Byrne’s cover of Janelle Monáe’s "Hell You Talmbout" is a showstopper, with the band chanting out the names of Black Americans killed by police. ONCE IN A LIFETIME David Byrne's American Utopia is out now on DVD & Blu-ray. "Most of us are immigrants," Byrne says at one point, "and we couldn’t do it without them." They launch into "Everybody’s Coming to My House." The classics are all here, too, but transformed - the aching beauty of "This Must Be The Place" "Once in a Lifetime" now a euphoric anthem. Postcode: Quantity: Show Options SEE MORE IN: Documentaries 11. Then, on come nine more musicians, including percussion masters from the US, Brazil, France - even Toronto’s own Jacquelene Acevedo. American Utopia DVD DVD Documentary No reviews yet Write A Review Description Details 11.99 In Stock Add to Cart Buy Now & Pay Later With Shipping - See delivery options. The cerebral first song, "Here," from Byrne’s 2018 American Utopia album, opens in a mood of cool reflection, but that soon builds as Byrne is joined on stage by vocalist-dancer Tendayi Kuumba and dancer-vocalist Chris Giarmo, with their uncanny mix of artful gesture and dance-floor funk.
Spike Lee’s latest joint brings all this joyous stagecraft to the screen in a vital call to connect with one another, to protest injustice, and, above all, to celebrate life.
Working with a vibrant new band and dancers, the former Talking Heads frontman turned his music into an antidote to America’s current divisions. Deeply thoughtful and wildly exuberant, David Byrne’s theatrical concert American Utopia lit up Broadway last year with Byrne’s trademark mix of rhythm and ideas. Spike Lee documents the former Talking Heads frontman’s brilliant, timely 2019 Broadway show, based on his recent album and tour of the same name.
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