Blackwater Fever - Cultural References

Cultural References

• Out of Africa, a film based on the experiences of author Isak Dinesen
• The Power of One a film based on the book of the same name
• The Bridge on the River Kwai, a film about prisoners of war in a jungle environment
• At Play in the Fields of the Lord, a novel by Peter Matthiessen
• West with the Night, African memoir by aviatrix Beryl Markham
• Burmese Days, a novel by George Orwell; several associates of Flory are noted to have died of blackwater fever in chapter 5
• The Heart of the Matter, a novel by Graham Greene
• Green Hills of Africa, a novel by Ernest Hemingway
• Blackwater Fever, a film by Cyrus Frisch
• Blackwater Fever, a blues band out of Australia