POLITICAL FILM SOCIETY BALLOT FOR BEST FILMS OF 2012
For each category, change the О to an X for the best film in each category below:
Which of the following best raises consciousness about DEMOCRACY:
О Lincoln (how Lincoln tamed an unruly Congress that was thinking of constituents rather than freeing slaves)
О Promised Land (town meeting of residents choosing between fracking income or community disaster)
Which is the best film EXPOSÉ, bringing new political facts to light:
О Argo (how some U.S. diplomats were secretly saved while others were held hostage in Iran)
О Compliance (fast food workers obey inhumane phone orders from a phony cop à la Milgram)
О For Greater Glory (a Christian force fought an atheist dictator in México in the 1920s)
О Lula, Son of Brazil (biopic of the rise of the famous leader from poverty to the presidency)
О Mulberry Child (biopic about why survivors of the Cultural Revolution need family support)
Which is the best film raising consciousness about HUMAN RIGHTS:
О For Greater Glory (why the right to practice one’s religion is a basic human right)
О Mulberry Child (suffering experienced during the Cultural Revolution in Mao’s China)
О Red Tails (how Blacks gained the right to fight in combat in World War I and triumphed)
О A Royal Affair (how Denmark impressed Voltaire by banning censorship, torture, etc.)
О West of Thunder (tragic deaths of Native Americans at Wounded Knee, etc.)
Which is the best film raising consciousness about the need for PEACE:
О War of the Buttons (foolishness of violent conflict among adolescents)
О West of Thunder (aggressive American is taught that reconciliation is better than revenge)
Kindly email your ballot to the above address by February 28.
Winners will be announced March 1.