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  • Empire Australasia

    AMERICAN UTOPIA

    Jan 11, 2021 2 minutes
    BETH WEBB

    OUT NOW

    CERT M / 105 MINS

    DIRECTOR Spike Lee

    PARTICIPANTS David Byrne, Chris Giarmo, Tendayi Kuumba

    PLOT In February 2020, David Byrne’s Broadway show American Utopiais drawing to a close. For this end-of-run filmed performance, Spike Lee captures Byrne and his 11-strong band performing a selection of the former Talking Heads frontman’s expansive oeuvre.

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