Serving as the opening night film for the 2020 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, `David Byrne's American Utopia` is Spike Lee's vision of the former Talking Heads frontman's wildly acclaimed 2019 Broadway show. `American Utopia` ran from last October to February 2020 at the Hudson Theatre, but now you can experience it on HBO and HBO Max on October 17. Check out the first teaser for the film for the below.

In this uniquely captured musical celebration set in a dreamworld of Byrne's creation, his band of 11 musical artists from around the world perform hits from across his career, including songs from his 2018 album of the same name and classics like `This Must Be the Place` and `Everybody's Coming To My House.` Also featured is a cover of Janelle Monae's `Hell You Talmbout.` As Byrne and company sing and dance across a glittering stage, the show preaches a world of unity, openness, optimism, faith in humanity, and social justice - surely all things most people could use right about now.

`He emerges as an avuncular, off-center shepherd to flocks of fans still groping to find their way. Like him, or the version of himself he presents here, they're heading into the twilight, wondering why the hell they haven't grown up yet.



This is Spike Lee's second feature of the year, including his Netflix Vietnam War epic `Da 5 Bloods.`