A new documentary about M.I.A. is getting its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival
A documentary about M.I.A. called Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. is getting a world premiere at next year's Sundance Film Festival
Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. is directed by Stephen Loveridge and produced by Lori Cheatle, Andrew Goldman, and Paul Mezey.
According to the blurb on the Sundance website, the film is "drawn from a never before seen cache of personal footage spanning decades" and is described as an "intimate portrait of the Sri Lankan artist and musician who continues to shatter conventions."
Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. (Dir: Stephen Loveridge ! World Premiere @sundancefest ! Jan 2018 pic.twitter.com/9HrUoEBfl0
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