Born Free was first uploaded for the general public on the 26th April 2010, and was 'deleted and banned' within half a day, before making a reappearance and then 'deleted' again a day later. However the movie can still be found on YouTube despite popular beliefs of it being removed. Unfortunately the only way that anyone can watch it is if they know the link already! Good work YouTube!
Society doesn't really know what to make of M.I.A's work, the views are so diverse that surely M.I.A music video must of made an impact upon the music and media scene. The short film touches on key issues in society, racism, prejudice and the unneeded violence in our world. As soon as an individual attempts to make the public aware for the better or the worse involving these problems, they're pummelled with political correctness and cursed by people who are to ashamed to see the big picture.
However M.I.A's response to the video fell far from the mature adult that she is known as. She lashed out at her record label Universal Music Group on Twitter "F#@K UMG WHO WONT SHOW IT ON YOUTUBE!" shortly followed by a less than acceptable apology "OK NOT UMG FAULT!"
The video itself is disturbingly graphic, it features a genocide of ginger haired adolescents being condemned to death by running across a mine field for 'safety'. One scene shows an innocent looking child being shot in the head at close range which is sickening to watch. Romain Gavras a French director formed a coalition with the rap star who wrote the piece.
From this short documentary we are able to see what political stance M.I.A stands by, and how clearly her impressions are on racial and prejudice abuse, we aren't however too sure whether this is was the right way to go about it.
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