Maradona by Kusturica is a documentary on the life of Argentine footballer Diego Maradona, directed by the award-winning Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica. The documentary premiered at the Cannes Film Festival 2008. We have three emotional videos, the one when Manu Chao sings for Maradona is simply makes us cry. Pure love.

When so many musicians dabble in activist chic when it suits their current publicity campaign, it’s refreshing to highlight someone whose credentials are indisputable and whose stance is both long term and consistent. These re-releases come as Manu Chao features in several festivals across the country touring last years La Radiolina, and indeed he was about the only invigorating thing about (my admittedly armchair and BBC controlled viewing of) this year’s Glastonbury. He was born politicised as his parents were forced émigrés from Franco’s Spain, and early influences for his first bands spawned from the multi-cultural Parisian suburbs included, as you might have guessed, the Clash and Bob Marley. Later Chao became a friend of Joe Strummer, in itself a rarity as he usually shuns hob-knobbing with the famous. Initial big European success came with the lively French punk of Mano Negra in the late eighties, but they split largely under the strain imposed by Chao’s uncompromising attitude – touring South America by specially converted ship-cum-performance-space and specially converted train. [read more @ TLOBF.com]

Manu Chao: Politik Kills [mp3]
Manu Chao: Politik Kills (Prince Fatty Remix) [mp3]
politik kills says Manu Chao and how right he is! As the unofficial voice of the global conscience Manu always brings the people together. This time he is doing something great again. His new single politik kills is available for remixing! Visit the politikills.com to download the individual tracks (550 Mb zip file) and listen the submitted remixes, including dubby ones from Chris Blackwell and Prince Fatty, as well as a shuffly south-of-the-border style mix from Mexican Dubweiser & Kinky. Watch a fan-made video for the original after the jump, and go!! DL the tracks, remix, make your voice heard!
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