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Matangi / Maya / M.I.A. (18)

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MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A.

Drawn from a never-before-seen cache of personal footage spanning decades, Matangi / Maya / M.I.A. is an intimate portrait of the Sri Lankan artist and musician who continues to shatter conventions.

She began as Matangi. Daughter of the founder of Sri Lanka’s armed Tamil resistance, she hid from the government in the face of a vicious civil war. When her family fled to the UK, she became Maya, a precocious and creative immigrant teenager in London. Finally, the world met her as M.I.A. when she emerged on the global stage, having created a mashup, cut-and-paste identity that pulled from every corner of her journey; a sonic sketchbook that blended Tamil politics, art school punk, hip-hop beats and the unwavering, ultra-confident voice of a burgeoning multicultural youth.

Matangi / Maya / M.I.A. provides unparalleled, intimate access to the artist in her battles with the music industry and mainstream media as her success and fame explodes, becoming one of the most recognisable, outspoken and provocative voices in music today.

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US/UK 2018 Dir Stephen Loveridge 96 min

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