M.I.A.'s new video: "Born Free"

[mckitterick]

Just in case you haven't seen it yet, here's M.I.A.'s new music-video-slash-movie-short, "Born Free," an anthem for the modern world.

Warning: Contains graphic violence and nudity.

Jezebel writes a good analysis of the video and the changes sweeping through the modern music-video scene.

It's great to see someone making passionate music videos again. Wow.

Chris

Comments

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

I think the genius of this short movie is that we can impress any group onto the redheads, including the Palenstinians (the head scarves), Northern Irish (hair), those Jezebel identified, even your own persecuted group, precisely because of what you point out.

Yeah, I watched that video. It revealed much about the ugly nature of war and why our nation needs to stop getting involved in them.

[siro-gravity.livejournal.com]

i did not think about the irish thing.

good point, that this video can refer to any persecuted group. i think that's true.