Freedom to Sing

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Title

Freedom to Sing

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NZ On Screen

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Description

In April 2011, singer Tiki Taane was handcuffed, arrested and spent a night in the cells after performing a number by American rappers NWA as police visited his performance at Tauranga’s Illuminati club. The charges were later dropped and Taane remained resolutely unapologetic. This defiant song, recorded a month later at the same venue, is his musical response to the ordeal. Armed only with an acoustic guitar — the protest singer’s weapon of choice — he asserts his refusal to be silenced whi...

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Video

Date created

2011

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http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/freedom-to-sing

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