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THE OLD OAK SHOWS HOW RELICS OF THE PAST MIGHT ENJOY THE FUTURE Director Ken Loach has a knack for depicting how forgotten people view their worlds. In his The Old Oak he focuses on a pub called The Old Oak in a small town near Durham, northeast England, during the year 2016. Once upon […]

BEST FILMS OF 2023 ARE ANNOUNCED Members of the Political Film Society have had the opportunity to select the best films of 2023 in five categories. Here are the winners:                                                          Film Director                      Film Name Best film on democracy:                 Inna Sahakyan                     Aurora’s Sunrise Best film exposé:                            Stephen Williams                Chevalier Best

VOTING CONTINUES TO SELECT BEST FILMS OF 2023 Select the best film of 2023 in each of five categories. The deadline is February 29, 2024: Select the best from the categoryEXPOSÉ, fact-based films that raise political consciousness about events and situations previously little known that get attention in film: FILM TITLE ACCEPT CONTENT (see full

ORIGIN EXPLAINS HOW ISABEL WILKERSON CONDUCTED RESEARCH Isabel Wilkerson’s book Caste: The Origin of Our Discontents, published in 2000, was awarded a Pulitzer Prize. Director Ava DuVernay decided to make a film to demonstrate not only the thesis of the book but how she did her field research to derive insights stated in the book.

VOTING BEGINS TO SELECT BEST FILMS OF 2023 Select the best film of 2023 in each of five categories. The deadline is February 29, 2024: Select the best from the categoryEXPOSÉ, fact-based films that raise political consciousness about events and situations previously little known that get attention in film: FILM TITLE ACCEPT CONTENT (see full

VOTING CONTINUES FOR BEST FILMS OF 2023 There were thirteen nominated films in 2023. Political Film Society rules, based as they are on the Academy Award rules, require a maximum of five films in each category. To narrow the lists, members are entitled to vote for up to five films in each of two categories,

VOTING CONTINUES FOR BEST FILMS OF 2023 There were thirteen nominated films in 2023. Political Film Society rules, based as they are on the Academy Award rules, require a maximum of five films in each category. To narrow the lists, members are entitled to vote for up to five films in each of two categories,

BEST FILMS FOR 2023 There were thirteen nominated films in 2023. Political Film Society rules, based as they are on the Academy Award rules, require a maximum of five films in each category. To narrow the lists, members are entitled to vote for up to five films in each of two categories, with a deadline

LA SYNDICALISTE EXPOSES ONE OF CHINA’S QUESTS TO DOMINATE THE GLOBAL MARKET Directed by Jean-Paul Salomé, La Syndicaliste is a biopic with three stories. The first is how Maureen Kearney (played by Isabelle Huppert) spent twenty years as a trade union firebrand (whence the title), fighting on behalf of 50,000 union workers to relieve their