Tossup

In a film in this genre, white text like “Onions,” “Grits,” and “Dustballs” are projected onto a red background on a screen. Sam Wrench directed a 2023 film in this genre distributed (10[1])directly to AMC (10[1])after the star negotiated with its CEO. (10[1]-5[1])That film in this genre (-5[1])was aired for free on Austrian TV in August 2024 after a failed terrorist plot. A (10[1])man (10[1])holds a replica of a brain (10[1])in the opening of a Spike Lee film in this (10[1])genre, American Utopia. (10[1])In 2023, A24 released a 4K (-5[1])restoration (10[1])of a Jonathan Demme film (10[1])in this genre (10[5])whose opening close-up depicts the white shoes of a man carrying (-5[1])a boombox; in that film, David Byrne dons a ridiculously (10[1]-5[1])oversized suit. (-5[2])A film in this genre was shot at (10[1])SoFi Stadium (10[2])and includes the sections (10[1])Evermore, (10[3])Reputation, (10[3])and 1989. (10[4])For 10 points, (10[1]-5[1])name this genre of Stop Making Sense and The Eras Tour. ■END■ (10[5]0[2])

ANSWER: concert films [accept rockumentaries; prompt on documentaries; prompt on films involving music or performances by asking “what sort of event was captured?”; reject “music video” or “musical”]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Jonathan SchnipperBrandeis ADartmouth A3110
Nicholas LaneGeorge Washington ACornell B3410
Christian SherringtonSouthampton AOxford C41-5
Ben SterlingYale AHaverford A4110
Sam KonkelChicago CWashU A46-5
Luke RobitailleMIT ABrandeis B6210
Lily MorrisBristolSheffield6310
Arya KarthikOxford AWarwick B6910
Anuttam RamjiUC Berkeley BClaremont B7910
Alvin GuoChicago DWashU B8210
Anne FjeldAlbertaUW B88-5
Sasha WertimeHaverford BPenn A8910
Joseph ChambersVirginia AVirginia Tech A9410
Miller DoerrLiberty BLiberty A9710
Ned TagtmeierChicago AMissouri S&T9710
Jakob MyersIndiana AMissouri9710
Athena ShaddenTexas ATAMU9710
Isaac MammelMaryland APenn B9710
Taaj RaiGeorge Washington BNYU A108-5
Ian LuGeorgia Tech CBruin A118-5
Cormac BeirneLSEImperial B11810
Fahim AfzalCambridge DCambridge B120-5
Vinayak Singh BhadoriyaNYU BRutgers A120-5
Freddie O'HaraUCLAUC Berkeley A12810
Kevin ParkClaremont AUCSD13010
Gus VanskikeMaryland BJohn Jay College13010
Nermeen RahmanIndiana BChicago B13410
Ethan SiskelTufts AUMass Boston13510
Catherine WelchUW AUBC13510
Owen GilroyTexas BASU13510
Jeffrey AustinUNC DDuke13610
Jon SuhHarvard ABU13610
Benjamin WatsonOxford CSouthampton A13610
Derek AldridgeWilliam & MaryLiberty C13810
Soren HeydariUNC BUNC C13810
James McCurleyHarvard BBrown A13810
Yaj JhajhriaUW BAlberta13810
Braeden LaRocheSouth CarolinaWake Forest14110
Chauncey LoColumbia CVassar A141-5
Collin NadarajahWashU AChicago C15310
Arjun KalaIllinois BIllinois C15310
Jack LewisBruin AGeorgia Tech C15310
Andrei HuiCambridge BCambridge D15310
Owen MimnoNYU AGeorge Washington B15310
Ishan JoshiRutgers ANYU B1530
Sam MacchiVassar AColumbia C1530

Summary

TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
California2025-02-013100%0%112.33
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-016100%0%124.00
Midwest2025-02-016100%17%119.33
Northeast2025-02-015100%0%100.40
Pacific Northwest2025-02-012100%50%136.50
South Central2025-02-012100%0%116.00
Southeast2025-02-011100%100%153.00
UK2025-02-015100%40%107.80
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01875%38%90.67