Film
Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.
- Director
- Stephen Loveridge
- Certificate
- 18
- Running Time
- 96 mins
Long-delayed documentary about Sri Lankan/British rapper Maya Arulpragasam, who goes by the stage name M.I.A. Director and old chum Steve Loveridge is on record as saying he wanted to concentrate on her upbringing and political activism. This came as news to Ms. M.I.A. herself, who was apparently expecting a conventional tour documentary. Something of a falling out ensued.
The film has been well received in some quarters but described as a bit of a mess in others, with complaints about the surfeit of shaky, grainy home movie footage and absence of much in the way of examination of how she puts together her music.
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