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American Utopia (2020)

Name: American Utopia
Director: Spike Lee
Genre: performance art, biographical film, music documentary film
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 8.2

American Utopia is a 2020 American concert film directed and produced by Spike Lee, from a screenplay by American musician David Byrne. The film is a live recording of a Broadway performance of the show adapted from the touring show that supported the album of the same name. The film features selections from that album, as well as songs from throughout Byrne's career. Byrne performed alongside eleven musicians, all…

Directed by Spike Lee · Shot by Ellen Kuras · 105 min

Behind the scenes

Breaking Down David Byrne’s American Utopia — Variety · 9 min
David Byrne's American Utopia (2020): The Evolution of American Utopia | HBO — HBO · 4 min
Interview With David Byrne and Crew | DAVID BYRNE'S AMERICAN UTOPIA | TheWrap Screening Series — TheWrap · 38 min
American Utopia: Ellen Kuras, ASC on the Sony VENICE — AbelCine · 6 min
David Byrne's American Utopia (2020): Creating American Utopia | HBO — HBO · 5 min
Spike Lee & David Byrne on American Utopia and Cinematically Capturing Broadway | NYFF58 — Film at Lincoln Center · 28 min
David Byrne’s American Utopia (2020): Spike Lee and David Byrne (Culture Closeup) | HBO — HBO · 5 min
American Utopia: A Conversation with Ellen Kuras, ASC — AbelCine · 27 min

Elsewhere

More by Spike Lee

Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' (Live At Wembley July 16, 1988 (Stereo))
Human Nature (Live At Wembley July 16, 1988 (Stereo))
Lizarettez
The Answer — 1980
Sarah — 1981
Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads — 1983
She's Gotta Have It — 1986
School Daze — 1988
Do the Right Thing — 1989
Mo' Better Blues — 1990
Jungle Fever — 1991
Malcolm X — 1992
Crooklyn — 1994
Lumière and Company — 1995
Clockers — 1995
Get on the Bus — 1996
Girl 6 — 1996
4 Little Girls — 1997
He Got Game — 1998
Freak — 1998
Summer of Sam — 1999
Bamboozled — 2000
The Original Kings of Comedy — 2000
A Huey P. Newton Story — 2001
The Concert for New York City — 2001
25th Hour — 2002
Jim Brown: All-American — 2002
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet — 2002
We Wuz Robbed — 2002
Sucker Free City — 2004

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