Packet 3: Tossup 2

A 1996 film by a director with heritage from this country follows the travels across time and space of a “Data Thief” played by the film’s writer David George. In 1970, (-5[1])a director from this country smooth-talked a curator into accessing a museum basement containing thousands of hidden artworks, as depicted in the short You Hide Me. A castle in this country is where a model time travels in a 1993 film titled for a word meaning “go back and get,” which is often symbolized as a backwards-facing (*) bird. The Burial of Kojo and the 2023 musical (10[1])version of The Color Purple were directed by a filmmaker from this (-5[1])country called (-5[1])“Blitz.” (-5[1])This is the birth country (-5[1])of the Black Audio Film Collective member who directed The Last Angel of History, John (-5[1])Akomfrah. (10[2]-5[1])For 10 points, (10[1])the title word of Haile Gerima’s (“HYE-lay geh-REE-muh’s”) film Sankofa is used by (10[1])what African country’s Akan ethnic group? (10[2])■END■ (10[5]0[8])

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