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Wednesday, April 28, 2010 | 6:51am
Was M.I.A.’s Recently Banned ‘Born Free’ Music Video Misundertood?
Music video forces viewers to think through the mix of violence, genocide and military opression
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YouTube recently banned M.I.A.’s new music video “Born Free” after it was flagged by users as promoting ethnic cleansing and violence and torture. The 9-minute video is a graphic display of military imagery. After realizing her video had been pulled she posted a scathing Tweet on her Twitter account directing her anger at her label.
@_M_I_A_: FUCK UMG WHO WONT SHOW IT ON YOUTUBE! FOR THE U.S >>>>>>WATCH HERE http://miauk.com/
Later realizing it was the conservative YouTube/ Google that was responsible she apologized and reiterated the alternate location where the video could be watched.
@_M_I_A_: OK NOT UMG FAULT! http://www.miauk.com/
After watching it a few times I honestly feel its pretty deep. What are your thoughts? Do you feel its promoting violence or perhaps using this imagery to do the opposite?
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I don’t know why she even thought that that was gonna get any play in the United States….yeah right. VERY powerful video though. I see the point she was trying to make(even without being able to understand the words to the song…they were too low). I just don’t know what to say about it. Its so deep it just left me glued and speechless
I guess the rest of the Nation was too.
Wow…
You have to be pretty far left to think that Google and Youtube are conservative.