David Byrne's American Utopia

Spike Lee films David Byrne's Broadway concert, in which Byrne and eleven barefoot musicians move across a bare stage with wireless instruments. The songs span Talking Heads and Byrne's solo career, linked by reflections on democracy, connection and how to live with each other.

Lee's camera finds unexpected angles, including overhead shots that turn the choreography into patterns. In its most powerful moment, the band performs Janelle Monáe's 'Hell You Talmbout' as faces of Black Americans killed by police fill the screen. It's a joyous film with that grief at its heart.