NOMINATIONS CLOSE FOR BEST POLITICAL FILMS OF 2006
December 31 was the last day to nominate films for Political Film Society awards for 2006. Since the Political Film Society rules require that each list must be reduced to the five best in each category, the ballot below asks members to accept the top five (5) in each category by January 31. Voting to narrow the five to the winner will take place during February.
HOW TO VOTE IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN ALL THE FILMS
The three voting choices have special meanings. If you mark ACCEPT, you are saying that you agree, after seeing the film, that the content merits a possible award. If you mark DROP, you have seen the film and believe that the content is unworthy of consideration for an award. If you mark UNDECIDED, you have not seen the film or just have no opinion regarding the merits. Consult the Political Film Society website for reviews of all films. The deadline for all e-mail ballots is January 31, 2007. Return to [email protected].
Select the best five from the category EXPOSÉ, fact-based films that raise political consciousness:
| FILM TITLE | ACCEPT | DROP | UNDECIDED | CONTENT (see full review on website) |
| Cautiva | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | Adoptions of children of Argentine “disappeared” |
| Fast Food Nation | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | How illegal aliens work at a slaughterhouse |
| Glory Road | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | First all-Black college basketball team |
| The Good Shepherd | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | How the CIA began as a torture agency |
| Kekexili | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | Chinese volunteer to stop antelope poachers |
| The Listening | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | NSA aids industrial espionage of European firms |
| The Queen | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | Tony Blair saves the monarchy re Lady Di |
| The Road to Guantánamo | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | How innocent men end up as American prisoners |
| Sophie Scholl | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | Germans reveal Hitler’s lies in 1943 |
Vote for the top five films that raise consciousness of the need for improvements inHUMAN RIGHTS:
| FILM TITLE | ACCEPT | DROP | UNDECIDED | CONTENT (see full review on website) |
| Babel | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | Mistreatment of “illegal aliens” |
| Blood Diamond | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | Rebels chop off hands to enforce slavery |
| Cautiva | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | Court restoration of a child to rightful family |
| Glory Road | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | Bias against first all-Black college basketball team |
| The Last King of Scotland | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | Idi Amin’s barbaric rule |
| The Listening | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | NSA invasion of privacy |
| The Road to Guantánamo | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | Torture techniques at Guantánamo |
| Sophie Scholl | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | Denial of a free press & a show trial |
Vote for the top five films that raise consciousness of the need for greater DEMOCRACY:
| FILM TITLE | ACCEPT | DROP | UNDECIDED | CONTENT (see full review on website) |
| Cautiva | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | Children awarded to families of coup leaders |
| Death of a President | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | How Bush & Cheney have rolled back democracy |
| The Listening | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | Unchecked NSA surveillance = tyranny |
| Man of the Year | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | Voting machines can produce phony results |
| The Queen | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | Public demands Queen Elizabeth to honor Lady Di |
| Sophie Scholl | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | College students subvert Nazi Germany |
Only three films were nominated for best film promoting peace—End of the Spear, Joyeux Noël, and Letters from Iwo Jima. The winner of the three will be selected from the ballot that will be sent to members on February 1.