FINAL VOTING ON NOMINEES FOR BEST POLITICAL FILMS OF 2014 CONTINUES
Members of the Political Film Society have narrowed the nominated films to no more than five in each category for 2014. Members now have the opportunity to pick the very top film in each of four categories, with a deadline of February 28 to return ballots. If you feel that the film director deserves an award for raising political consciousness, mark your ballot YES. If inappropriate, mark NO. If you did not see a film, put an X for UNDECIDED. If the emailed ballot is difficult to read, kindly go to our website.
For the BEST film promoting DEMOCRACY:
| FILM TITLE | YES | NO | UNDECIDED | CONTENT |
| César Chavez | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | How the grape boycott changed the political status quo. |
| Free the Nipple | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | Women start a movement by going topless. |
| Kill the Messenger | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | Washington cows the media into underreporting scandals. |
For the BEST film promoting PEACEFUL conflict resolution:
| FILM TITLE | YES | NO | UNDECIDED | CONTENT |
| César Chavez | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | How nonviolent methods work. |
| Diplomacy | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | A Swedish diplomat persuades a German general not to destroy Paris. |
| Giovanni’s Island | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | Japanese acceptance of Russian control. |
| The Railway Man | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | A Japanese soldier atones for mistreating prisoners at River Kwai. |
For the BEST film EXPOSÉ, bringing to prominence lesser known facts that raise political consciousness
| FILM TITLE | YES | NO | UNDECIDED | CONTENT |
| Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | How a pesticide plant in India exploded due to unsafe conditions. |
| Difret | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | How female attorneys got courts to end Ethiopian bride abductions. |
| Pride | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | How gays and tradeunion members worked together in Britain. |
| Rosewater | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | How a journalist was treated during 119 days in an Iranian prison. |
For the BEST film promoting human rights:
| FILM TITLE | YES | NO | UNDECIDED | CONTENT |
| César Chavez | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | How California farmworkers were abused by employers. |
| Coldwater | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | Abuse of delinquent boys without government regulation. |
| Devil’s Knot | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | Criminal justice system misconduct toward the Memphis Three. |
| The Imitation Game | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | How Britain treated gays before 1967—prison or chemical castration. |
The Political Film Society Board of Directors will meet on Sunday, March 1, at 9 a.m. (8481 Allenwood Road, LA 90046) to count ballots. Final ballots, to be posted that night, have a deadline of February 28. Winners will be announced March 1.