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, released as the fourth and final single from their self-titled album in 1994. "Freedom" was used in an episode of the MTV series ''

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'', 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

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, who was one of the leaders of the

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(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

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. The footage of this reenactment is from

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's 1992 documentary '' Incident at Oglala''. During most of the video quotes from Sitting Bull and general AIM information taken from

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'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)

Music video

Track listing

See also