MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A.

director: Stephen Loveridge

original title: MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A.

country: Sri Lanka, United States, United Kingdom

year: 2018

running time: 95 min.

synopsis

Producer and singer M. I. A., who is originally from Sri Lanka, covers the subjects of immigration, a non-Western view of Western society, and minority rights in her music. The film uses her personal video diary and comments on the frequent accusations that the identity of Maya Arulpragasam is partially a construct,

biography

Steve Loveridge is Maya’s former classmate. The film, his debut, was made primarily from 700 hours of archival material that Maya gave him in 2013. The resulting film caused a controversy between him and the subject of his film.

more about film

director:	Stephen Loveridge
producer:	Lori Cheatle
editing:	Marina Katz
music:	M.I.A.

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