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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 after the star negotiated with its CEO. That film in this genre was aired for free on Austrian TV in August 2024 after a failed terrorist plot. A (10[1])man holds a replica of a brain in the opening of a Spike Lee film in this genre, American Utopia. In 2023, A24 released a 4K restoration of a Jonathan Demme film in this genre whose opening close-up depicts the white shoes of a man carrying a boombox; in that film, David Byrne dons a ridiculously oversized suit. A film in this genre was shot at SoFi Stadium and includes the sections Evermore, (10[1])Reputation, (10[1])and 1989. (10[1])For 10 points, name this genre of Stop Making Sense and The Eras Tour. ■END■

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”]
<Notre Dame B, Pop Culture>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Jonathan SchnipperBrandeis ADartmouth A3110
Luke RobitailleMIT ABrandeis B6210
Ethan SiskelTufts AUMass Boston13510
Jon SuhHarvard ABU13610
James McCurleyHarvard BBrown A13810

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