Packet 2: Tossup 8

A director from this country used a pan flute cover of Seal’s “Kiss from a Rose” throughout (15[2])a film (15[2])whose narrator’s frequent interjections include fart noises (15[1])and shouting this country’s name over a scene depicting a woman’s torture. A musician born in this country asked an actress-turned-chef to play his grandmother in the video for the song “Nani.” (15[2])That musician used the moniker (15[1])“Mr. Cardamom” to perform the song (15[1])“#1 (15[1])Spice,” (15[1])which appears on his curated soundtrack (15[1])for a film about a teenage (*) chess prodigy in this country. A leader of this country, whose policies disfavored the protagonist’s (10[1])family in Mira Nair’s (10[1]-5[1])Mississippi Masala, was played (10[1])in an Oscar-winning role (10[1])by Forest Whitaker. (10[1])For 10 points, Who Killed Captain Alex? is the foremost Wakaliwood film from what country once led by the title character of The Last King of Scotland, Idi Amin? ■END■

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