NOMINATIONS CLOSE FOR POLITICAL FILM SOCIETY AWARDS
During 1999, some 28 films were nominated for Political Film Society awards, having raised political consciousness in all four categories. Rules of the Political Film Society require that the number of nominations for any category, prior to a final vote, cannot exceed five. The number of nominated films for the category democracy was 5; exposé, 9; human rights, 8; and peace, 6. Accordingly, members have the opportunity to narrow the choices in three of the four categories. The ballot below gives members a threefold choice—accept the nomination, drop the nomination, or undecided. The third choice is because some members may not have had an opportunity to see all the films in a particular category. To refresh your memory about the films, click onto the titles to access reviews previously posted during 1999.
OFFICIAL BALLOT (FOR MEMBERS ONLY)
Instructions: Mark an X between the parentheses of films that you believe best promotes political consciousness within each of the following categories. There is a limit of five (5) under the column “accept” for each category:
| EXPOSÉ | ACCEPT | DROP | UNDECIDED | CONTENT |
| Bastards | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | unadopted Amerasians in USA |
| Boys Don’t Cry | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | plight of a transgendered |
| Cabaret Balkan | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | Belgrade: chaos in streets |
| East of Hope Street | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | plight of Salvadorans in LA |
| The Insider | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | “60 Minutes” & tobacco story |
| Naturally Native | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | plight of Native Americans |
| One Man’s Hero | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | role of Irish in Mexican War |
| Three Kings | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | Gulf War: real conflict over oil |
| Three Seasons | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | lives of orphans in Vietnam today |
| HUMAN RIGHTS | ACCEPT | DROP | UNDECIDED | CONTENT |
| Boys Don’t Cry | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | police mistreatment of transgendered |
| The General’s Daughter | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | rape coverup in U.S. military |
| The Green Mile | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | barbaric death penalty |
| Hard | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | police persecution of gays |
| Naturally Native | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | prejudice against Native Americans |
| One Man’s Hero | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | U.S. army mistreatment of Irish |
| Three Kings | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | Iraqi rebels abandoned by USA |
| Xiu Xiu | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | China’s Cultural Revolution |
| PEACE | ACCEPT | DROP | UNDECIDED | CONTENT |
| Cabaret Balkan | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | war abroad à no peace at home |
| Earth | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | tragic formation of Pakistan |
| Light It Up | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | public school neglect = violence |
| One Man’s Hero | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | Mexican War atrocities by USA |
| Three Kings | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | USA winks at Baghdad-led atrocities |
| West Beirut | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | tragic Lebanese civil war |
After marking your ballot, mail to the above address or email to [email protected] by January 31. Results of the nomination balloting and final ballots for all categories will be sent to members by February 5.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETS FEBRUARY 5
The Board of Directors of the Political Film Society will meet at 8481 Allenwood Road, Los Angeles, on February 5 at 7:30 p.m. All members of the Society are invited. Refreshments will be served. The agenda for the meeting will be to count ballots to determine the final list of nominated films for 1999 to be included in balloting for awards.