M.I.A.

Following his work with Christopher Nolan on the IMAX release of Tenet and his featured song “The Plan,” Travis Scott and IMAX have teamed up to deliver fans a new way to experience his music. Optimized for IMAX theatres, fans will experience “Franchise” with powerful precision sound and the highest quality crystal-clear imagery on the biggest screens. Only IMAX’s unique theatre geometry will immerse audiences into Travis Scott’s vision with an audio-visual experience unlike any other. Witness “Franchise” first, only in IMAX.

Drawn from a never before seen cache of personal footage spanning decades, this is an intimate portrait of the Sri Lankan artist and musician who continues to shatter conventions.

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Documentary about the 10th aniversary of the album FLORIDA, by DJ Diplo.

The self-directed clip sees M.I.A. join a group of refugees as they climb wire fences, crowd on to tiny boats, and wade into the sea.

A community within an estate.

The video for "XXXO" references several online social networking sites and resembles online GIFs and animations that are popular on Arabic-language Internet forums, blogs, and social/dating websites. It features M.I.A. in a number of headshots amongst glittery floral graphics, resembling those made on Blingee.com. At one point in the clip, four white unicorns gallop across the screen. Golden Arabic-style calligraphy spells out her name and, at another point, the phrase "click here to download", written in a similar font, scrolls diagonally across the screen. The YouTube screenshots featured on the cover of the Maya's album also appear in the video, in various video feedback sequences. The video ends with the MySpace refrain "Thank you for adding me."

The real made unreal in a slanted depiction of the extrajudicial killing of Tamil males. Nameless gingers are corralled and brutalized by an American SWAT team. "Violence to end violence".

The music video for M.I.A.'s 2010 track "Born Free" depicts a genocide against red-haired people. The video met with positive criticisms but also created much controversy worldwide, including a ban from YouTube.