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Freedom (Rage Against the Machine song)
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Wikipedia article
'"Freedom"' is a song by American rock band Rage Against the Machine, released as the fourth and final single from their self-titled album in 1994.
"Freedom" was used in an episode of the MTV series 'Daria', entitled "Quinn The Brain" in 1998.
Music video
The video for "Freedom" was directed by Peter Christopherson and produced by Fiz Oliver at Squeak Pictures. It premiered on MTV's '120 Minutes' on December 19, 1993. According to CVC Broadcast & Cable Top 50 chart, "Freedom" was the Number 1 promo in January 1994.
The video is focused on the case for Leonard Peltier, who was one of the leaders of the American Indian Movement (AIM). The band is performing live in a small venue throughout the video. During the video, footage from the Peltier case is examined and detailed with shots of Peltier and other members of AIM. There is also a reenactment of what took place on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The footage of this reenactment is from Michael Apted's 1992 documentary 'Incident at Oglala'.
During most of the video quotes from Sitting Bull and general AIM information taken from Peter Matthiessen's 1983 study of the Peltier case, 'In the Spirit of Crazy Horse', scrolls along the bottom of the screen. The video ends with a picture of Peltier in prison and the phrase "justice has not been done".
Track listing
#"Freedom"
#"Freedom" (Live)
#"Take the Power Back" (Live)
See also
* List of anti-war songs
Category:Rage Against the Machine songs
Category:1994 singles
Category:1992 songs
Category:Epic Records singles
Category:Song recordings produced by Garth Richardson
Category:Songs written by Tom Morello
Category:Songs written by Brad Wilk
Category:Songs written by Tim Commerford
Category:Songs written by Zack de la Rocha
Category:Songs about freedom
Category:Songs against capitalism
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