African Film Festival

Last night on the Oscars, there were a few movie referenced (denoted by an "*" below) that made me think how "fun" it would be to have a film festival of films set in Africa. There are a few movies that I would love to have an African Film Festival on. Just movies that prominantly feature Africa in some way.

Lawrence of Arabia
The Sheltering Sky
The English Patient
The Constant Gardener*
Hotel Rwanda
The Last King of Scotland*
The African Queen
Out of Africa
Blood Diamond*
Babel*
I Dreamed of Africa (silly but not bad)
Cry Freedom
Black Hawk Down
Casablanca

Feels like there's something I'm missing but oh well. I just saw Out of Africa and Casablanca this weekend. I didn't sit down to watch patiently because I've seen them before. It's not surprising, every spring (and sorry Yanks, it's very "spring" here in Florida this week!) all I can think about is going abroad and getting to sub-saharan Africa.

It's going to rain today and I got a free ticket to see Harry Connick. I'm not sure if I'll go but I'm planning on it for now.