David Byrne’s American Utopia

‘Do we get stupider as we grow up?’ In his wildly popular Broadway show American Utopia, David Byrne reflects on human connections, life and how on earth we work through it. He joins the dots with his music and it all starts making sense. Byrne delivers an exhilarating rush of iconic songs, infectious energy and pure theatrical joy.

Following the huge big-screen success of Stop Making Sense, with our live from Toronto International Film Festival screening and Q&A hosted by Spike Lee himself, and with Byrne’s timely return to the UK this summer, Lee transforms the celebrated production into an electrifying cinematic experience bursting with astounding performances, inventive choreography and political urgency. According to the multi-hyphenate, we love looking at humans more than anything else. Anti-fascist and anti-racist, Byrne illuminates our responsibility to care for one another as he and his co-performers burn down the house.

Flowing like an iridescent dream vision, the film fuses work by James Baldwin, Janelle Monáe and Kurt Schwitters with exhilarating renditions of Byrne’s solo work and Talking Heads classics.