25 Dec 2024
Culture, Music, News, Review

“Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.” Documentary Gives Intimate Look Behind British-Sri Lankan Pop Star M.I.A.

LOS ANGELES, CA- Long before M.I.A. was the pop star behind the Clash-sampled smash hit “Paper Planes” — a song that satirizes Western anti-immigrant prejudice — M.I.A. was Maya Arulpragasam, a Tamil resistance leader’s refugee daughter turned London-based aspiring documentary filmmaker rooted on American hip-hop….