Drawn from a never before seen cache of personal footage spanning decades, this is an intimate portrait of the Sri Lankan artist and musician M.I.A., who continues to shatter conventions with her work, words, and art. Director Stephen Loveridge offers an admiring profile of the tough-minded rapper, who has taken up the cause of Tamil resistance in Sri Lanka - and suffered a huge backlash as a result.

Monday, October 22
Doors 6:00 pm | Movie 6:30 pm
Advance tickets $10.50 | $12.50 at the door

*Minors OK in the balcony! Must be 19+ w/ID for main floor seating and bar service.
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"A personal perspective on a singular career." (Rotten Tomatoes)

"It is very much the MIA story told from the MIA viewpoint." (The Observer)

"An intimate, illuminating doc that puts the focus on M.I.A.'s activism instead of her music and is, in some ways, all the more admirable for it." (Empire Magazine)

"At a time when pop profiles are increasingly bland self-promotion...this fascinating film from Stephen Loveridge is unafraid to mix the personal with the political and the painfully intimate." (Times UK)

MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A. (Steven Loveridge, 2018 / 97 mins / 14A) Drawn from a never before seen cache of personal footage spanning decades, Stephen Loveridge creates an intimate portrait of the Sri Lankan artist and musician known as M.I.A.