The real controversy of MIA's video | Douglas Haddow

Born Free shows that not only are we desensitised to violence, we have lost the ability to make sense of our warsMIA's new video Born Free, which presumably takes its title from article 1 of the UN's universal declaration of human rights, is a kick to the gut or a wink and a nudge depending on how you look at it.Directed by Romain Gavras, son of Contantinos, Born Free takes place in an alternate reality where gingers, rather than Mexicans, are a persecuted ethnic minority. Shot in the same style...

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