Round 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, 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 version of The Color Purple were directed by a filmmaker from this country called “Blitz.” This is the birth country (-5[1])of the Black Audio Film Collective member who directed The Last Angel of History, John Akomfrah. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])the title word of Haile Gerima’s (“HYE-lay geh-REE-muh’s”) film Sankofa is used by what African country’s Akan ethnic group? ■END■ (10[1])

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