“A sharp yet gloriously sugarcoated satire on corporate America.”
—Film Comment

“It is hard not to fall head over cowboy boots in love with David Byrne’s impressive first film.”
—Screen Slate

“Deeply funny and free-spirited, TRUE STORIES is a nuanced, acutely perceptive mosaic of a film, a merging of comedy and music and art.”
—Current

David Byrne’s directorial debut, and in fact his only directorial effort to date, takes us into a quirk-filled Texas of the imagination where various parties prepare for the state’s Sesquicentennial Celebration. In 35mm.

The first screening of this film will be preceded by a performance by Slomo Drags from Austin’s own critically acclaimed nonprofit music label Spaceflight Records.