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M.I.A. had not seen the film prior to the premiere, suggesting at a interview at the Sundance Film Festival that Loveridge had been absent for the last 4 years, communicating with her sporadically.<ref name="Rolling Stone Jan2018">{{cite news |last1=Fear |first1=David |title=Sundance 2018: Joan Jett, M.I.A. Docs Premiere, Wow Fest Crowds |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/sundance-2018-joan-jett-mia-docs-premiere-at-fest-with-a-bang-w515779 |accessdate=20 June 2018 |work=Rolling Stone |date=23 January 2018}}</ref> Loveridge responded and said during the same time period he had "been drowned in MIA and her story and like my all day every day for the last four years".<ref name="YouTube Hollywood Reporter">{{cite web |title=M.I.A. and Steve Loveridge talks about #MIADOC on The Hollywood Reporter - Studio at Sundance 2018 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sjPcsnbbVc&t=21s |website=YouTube |publisher=The Hollywood Reporter |accessdate=22 June 2018 |language=en |date=22 January 2018}}</ref> She remarked to Andreas Hale (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''): "[Loveridge] took all the shows where I look good and tossed it in the bin. Eventually, if you squash all the music together from the film, it makes for about four minutes. I didn’t know that my music wouldn’t really be a part of this. I find that to be a little hard, because that is my life."<ref name="Billboard Jan2018">{{cite news |last1=Hale |first1=Andreas |title=M.I.A. Wrestles With Sundance Doc 'MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A.': 'It's Not the Film That I Would Have Made' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8096118/matangi-maya-mia-interview-sundance-documentary |accessdate=22 June 2018 |work=Billboard |date=25 January 2018}}</ref> She later remarked that she felt Loveridge had "boiled the film down to an essence of what people already know about me" but that she "could still make 20 other films and not crossover with what Steve has made".<ref name="Huck Magazine Mar2018">{{cite news |last1=Wray |first1=Daniel Dylan |title=M.I.A: ‘They always use me as an advert for what not to be’ |url=http://www.huckmagazine.com/art-and-culture/music-2/mia-film-matangi-maya-mia-interview/ |accessdate=21 June 2018 |work=Huck Magazine |date=27 March 2018}}</ref> Loveridge said that his film "wasn't about music",<ref name="Vox Mar2018">{{cite news |last1=Roth |first1=Clare |title=True/False film review: Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. |url=https://www.voxmagazine.com/arts/movies/true-false-film-review-matangi-maya-m-i-a/article_50ae443e-1fc0-11e8-9cf9-6311fc75a940.html |accessdate=21 June 2018 |work=Vox Magazine |date=4 March 2018 |language=en}}</ref> and that it was necessary to keep distance between himself and the artist during the editing process, and avoid the subject of the film influencing their portrayal as any documentary filmmaker would.<ref name="TheStar 3May2018" />
Critical reception of the film praised its candid portrayal of M.I.A with the film’s focus being weighted towards its subjects life, identity and ideas, but gave mixed opinions on the storytelling threads presented by Loveridge using archival material.<ref name="Variety Jan2018">{{cite news |last1=Lodge |first1=Guy |title=Film Review: ‘Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.’ |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/matangi-maya-mia-review-1202678324/ |accessdate=21 June 2018 |work=Variety |date=28 January 2018}}</ref> Spencer Kornhaber (''[[The Atlantic]]'') wrote that the film is a "fantastic and kinetic fulfillment of Maya Arulpragasam's desire, back then, to be heard as more than an entertainer".<ref name="The Atlantic Mar2018">{{cite news |last1=Kornhaber |first1=Spencer |title=Listening to M.I.A., Finally |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/03/mia-documentary-review/556733/ |accessdate=21 June 2018 |work=The Atlantic |date=30 March 2018}}</ref> Charlie Phillips (''[[The Guardian]]'') criticised that M.I.A. received no directorial credit, given that from her own footage is where the film "sources its greatest energy"
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