VOTING BEGINS ON NOMINEES FOR BEST POLITICAL FILMS OF 2014
During 2014, 21 films were nominated in the 4 categories for Political Film Society awards, though only 3 for Democracy (César Chavez, Free the Nipple, Kill the Messenger) and 4 for Peace (César Chavez, Diplomacy, Giovanni’s Island, The Railway Man). Our rules require final balloting for only the top 5 in each category, so ballots below enable members to narrow the longer lists. If you feel that the film deserves serious consideration, mark your ballot ACCEPT. If inappropriate, mark DROP. If you did not see a film, put an X for UNDECIDED. Polls close at midnight January 31. If the emailed ballot is difficult to read, kindly go to our website.
For EXPOSÉ films, bringing to prominence lesser known facts that raise political consciousness, vote from the following nominees, selecting up to 5 films as ACCEPT, the rest either as films that should be dropped or those where you have no opinion:
For films that promote human rights, vote from the following nominees, selecting up to 5 films as ACCEPT, the rest either as films that should be dropped or those where you have no opinion:
| FILM TITLE | ACCEPT | DROP | UNDECIDED | CONTENT |
| Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | Portrays unsafe working conditions at a plant in India. |
| Camp X-Ray | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | Why war crimes continue at Guantánamo. |
| 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. |
| Difret | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | Traditionally, Ethiopian men abduct women and then impregnate them before marriage. |
| Free the Nipple | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | How New York women stopped police from arresting them when topless. |
| Giovanni’s Island | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | How Japanese were mistreated as Russia seized their island. |
| The Imitation Game | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | How Britain treated gays before 1967—prison or chemical castration. |
| Monuments Men | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | Hague Convention violation by Hitler—destroying works of art. |
| Omar | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | How Israel tortures Arabs during interrogation. |
| Pride | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | How gays overcame bias by identifying with mistreated miners in UK. |
| The Railway Man | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | How Japanese brutalized prisoners at the River Kwai prison camp. |
| Rosewater | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | How psychological torture works better than physical torture. |
| Unbroken | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | How Japanese treated prisoners in prison camps in Japan. |
| Walking with the Enemy | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | Raoul Wallenberg saves Jews from Nazi death camps. |
The Political Film Society Board of Directors will meet on Tuesday, February 1, at 9 a.m. (8481 Allenwood Road, LA 90046) to count ballots. Final ballots, to be posted that night, will have a deadline of February 28. Winners will be announced March 1 after a Board of Directors meeting, same place at 9 a.m.