Round 2: Tossup 3

This director quit TV gigs after his cut of the Game of Thrones pilot was so poorly received that Tim Van Patten reshot it from scratch. In a film by this director, a professor learns to play the djembe from a Syrian musician who had squatted in his apartment with his girlfriend, (15[1])played by Danai Gurira in her film debut. This co-writer of the script for Up boosted the careers of Richard Jenkins and Peter Dinklage by casting them as the leads of his films The Visitor and The Station Agent. A list of 203 (*) cities where similar events occurred ends a film by this director that includes a monologue in which a man exclaims “they knew and they let it happen! It could’ve been you, it could’ve been me, it could’ve been any of us.” (10[1])That film by this director depicts The Boston Globe’s unearthing of widespread sex abuse by Catholic priests. For 10 points, name this director of Spotlight. ■END■

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