Question
One film set in this city follows a local group that holds competitions on how well they can pass as certain gender archetypes like “Banjee boys”. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this city depicted in a Jennie Livingston’s documentary film Paris is Burning, which explores this city's ball scene and various “houses” which served as surrogate families for LGBTQ ball attendees who fled their families.
ANSWER: New York City [or NYC]
[10h] This other film, which unlike Paris is Burning is set in Paris, follows the tragedy of Nana who leaves her family to become an actress but ends up dying as a prostitute under Raoul.
ANSWER: Vivre sa vie [accept My Life to Live or It’s My Life]
[10e] Vivre sa vie is a film by this French new wave director of Pierrot la fou and Breathless.
ANSWER: Jean-Luc Godard
<JF, Other Arts: Visual>
Summary
2023 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley | Premiere | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
2023 ARCADIA at RIT | Premiere | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
Data
Berkeley A | Stanford A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |