Oct 14, 2004 • 1 min read

Prince video for Cinnamon Girl to feature suicide bomb sequence

The video for Prince's new song Cinnamon Girl shows a suicide bomb sequence, played by Keisha Castle-Hughes, which turns out to be imagined.

The video to the new Prince song 'Cinnamon Girl' shows an Arab-American girl blowing herself up at an airport. The suicide bomber is played by the Oscar-nominated Whale Rider actress Keisha Castle-Hughes who said she agreed to play the part because she is fed up with the anti-Arab sentiments she encounters in post 9-11 America. In the video it turns out the bomb detonation is just in the girl's imagination.

The video animates the song's lyrical theme - Prince sings: "Cinnamon girl mixed heritage / Never knew the meaning of colour lines / 9-11 turned that all around / When she got accused of this crime."

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