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Click Track: M.I.A.'s 'Born Free' Video Sparks Debate
NewsX May 05, 2010

| Brit rapper M.I.A. unleashed her new video for "Born Free" last week - a hyper-violent mini-film directed by Romain Gavras. The song is from her forthcoming album, scheduled for release on June 29. |  | Brit rapper/provocateur M.I.A. unleashed her new video for "Born Free" last week - a hyper-violent mini-film directed by Romain Gavras. The song is from her forthcoming album, scheduled for release on June 29.
 In the video, riot gear-clad goons swarm the streets of Los Angeles, rounding up young men with red hair and busing them to a remote internment camp. Then things get really, really bloody.
 YouTube yanked the video on Tuesday citing "gratuitous violence." As the debate raged on Twitter, Click Track's contributors pondered the following: Is "Born Free" a powerful political statement or just vapid sensationalism? |

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