Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.

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Synopsis

Documentary. The life of UK/Sri Lankan rapper M.I.A. including her rise to fame, marked by numerous controversies, as well as her work as an activist.

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive, some in an aggressive context; frequent use of scatological slang; infrequent use of cursing, profanity, and sexual language
• Infrequent portrayals of gun and weapons violence in a music video context – some blood and detail
• Infrequent depictions of gun, weapons, and hand-to-hand violence, as well as corpses in a civil war context, some involving children – little blood, detail; infrequent descriptions of and references to sexual violence – some detail
• Infrequent depictions of alcohol and tobacco use in a recreational context

Thematic elements

• Art and politics
• Self-expression through music
• Activism and the immigrant experience

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for coarse language as well as violence in a disturbing context

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