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David Byrne's American Utopia

7.6

Released September 10, 2020Runtime 1h 45min

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.

Genres

Music

Documentary

Production Companies

Participant

River Road Entertainment

Warner Music Group

Todomundo

40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks

RadicalMedia

HBO Documentary Films

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Profit/Loss: $0

Stream

Rent

Buy

Videos

Cast

David ByrneSelf - Lead Singer & Performer

Chris GiarmoSelf - Vocals/Dance & Vocal Leader

Tendayi KuumbaSelf - Vocals/Dance

Mauro RefoscoSelf - Percussion & Drum Section Leader

Karl MansfieldSelf - Keyboard & Band Leader

Angie SwanSelf - Guitar

Bobby Wooten IIISelf - Bass

Jacqueline AcevedoSelf - Percussion

Gustavo Di DalvaSelf - Percussion

Stephane San JuanSelf - Percussion

Daniel FreedmanSelf - Percussion

Tim KeiperSelf - Percussion

Crew

Spike LeeDirector

David ByrneWriter

David ByrneExecutive Producer

Spike LeeExecutive Producer

Jeff SkollExecutive Producer

David LindeExecutive Producer

Diane WeyermannExecutive Producer

David BitherExecutive Producer

Charlie CohenExecutive Producer

Kurt DeutschExecutive Producer

Bill PohladExecutive Producer

Jon KamenExecutive Producer

Dave SirulnickExecutive Producer

Meredith BennettExecutive Producer

Kristin CaskeyExecutive Producer

Mike IsaacsonExecutive Producer

Patrick CatulloExecutive Producer

Michael LonsdaleSound Mixer

David ByrneMusic

Annie-B ParsonChoreographer

Ellen KurasDirector of Photography

Adam GoughEditor

Philip StocktonSound

Paul HsuSound

Craig KyllonenSound

Sarah GiggarMakeup Artist

Greg PurnellHair Designer

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Reviews

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 film...