Political Film Review #397

VOTING BEGINS FOR BEST POLITICAL FILMS OF 2011

Thanks to voting by the membership of the Political Film Society, the best films in each of four categories have been narrowed to five or less. By February 29 members now have the opportunity to vote for the one best film in each category, to be indicated by voting YES. If you feel that a film is utterly undeserving, then vote NO. If you are neither strongly in favor nor against, select UNDECIDED:

For films that raise political consciousness about the need for DEMOCRACY, vote for the best film:

FILM TITLEYESNOUNDECIDEDCONTENT
Amigo(    )(    )(    )US forces democracy on Filipinos
Elite Squad 2(    )(    )(    )Brazil police tramples on the poor
The Lady(    )(    )(    )Burma’s quest for democracy
Of Gods and Men(    )(    )(    )Algerian elites reject democracy

Among EXPOSÉ films, vote for the film that best brings to light lesser known political facts:

FILM TITLEYESNOUNDECIDEDCONTENT
The Conspirator(    )(    )(    )Mistrial of Lincoln’s accused killers
Elite Squad 2(    )(    )(    )Corruption in Brazil’s war on drugs
Oranges and Sunshine(    )(    )(    )130,00 children kidnapped by Britain
Silenced(    )(    )(    )Corruption in Korea
The Whistleblower(    )(    )(    )Bosnian women sold by UN, US officials
For HUMAN RIGHTS films, vote to accept the best from the following nominees:
FILM TITLEYESNOUNDECIDEDCONTENT
Elite Squad 2(    )(    )(    )How Brazilians intimidate the poor
The Help(    )(    )(    )Black women mistreated in the South
In Darkness(    )(    )(    )Polish protector of Jews from Nazis
In the Land of Blood and Honey(    )(    )(    )Rape of women, extrajudicial executions
Oka!(    )(    )(    )Jungle for indigenous Africans destroyed
For films that show the superiority of PEACE over violence, vote the best from the following nominees:
FILM TITLEYESNOUNDECIDEDCONTENT
5 Days of War(    )(    )(    )Journalists act to stop Georgia war.
City of Life and Death(    )(    )(    )Unneeded slaughter of 300,000 Chinese
The Flowers of War(    )(    )(    )Heroism to stop rape of children
Machine Gun Preacher(    )(    )(    )Rescuing children from Kony’s army
Of Gods and Men(    )(    )(    )Monks bring peace in Algerian civil war

The Political Film Society Board of Directors will meet on Thursday, March 1, at 9 a.m. (8481 Allenwood Road, LA 90046) to count ballots. Winners will be announced that day.

 
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