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 by January 31, 2024:
Select the best five 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 | DROP | UNDECIDED | CONTENT (see full review on website) |
| Aurora’s Sunrise | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | How Turkey massacred Armenians |
| The Burial | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | How a billionaire was bankrupted |
| Chevalier | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | A Black man competes with Mozart |
| Golda | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | How Golda Meir conducted war |
| Killers of the Flower Moon | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | Osage became rich due to their oil revenue |
| La Syndicaliste | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | How China seized control of the global nuclear power plant industry |
| On Sacred Ground | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | How Whites sought Dakota oil riches |
| Oppenheimer | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | A physicist’s nuclear war dilemma |
| Rustin | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | Life of Bayard Rustin |
| Sweetwater | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | Life of Harlem Globetrotter Nat Clifton |
| The Wind & the Reckoning | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | Native Hawaiians seek to survive after the Republic of Hawaiʽi (1893―1898) |
| Women Talking | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | How women live in Mennonite colonies |
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) |
| Aurora’s Sunrise | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | The Armenian massacre |
| Chevalier | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | Rise & fall of a Black during Louis XVI |
| Killers of the Flower Moon | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | Whites plot to take wealth from Osage oil lands |
| La Syndicaliste | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | Mistreatment of rape victim |
| Miranda’s Victim | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | Justice for a raped woman |
| On Sacred Ground | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | How Whites mistreated Dakotas |
| Rustin | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | How Rustin advanced Black rights |
| Sweetwater | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | How Blacks became basketball stars |
| The Wind & the Reckoning | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | Persecution of Native Hawaiians after a White coup 1893―1898 |
| Women Talking | ( ) | ( ) | ( ) | Mennonite women respond to rape |
Aurora’s Sunrise was the only film seeking to raise consciousness of the need for DEMOCRACY. Two films sought to raise consciousness about the need to choose PEACE rather than violence—Aurora’s Sunrise and Golda. For the category best film about Hawaii, there are two nominees—The Wind and the Reckoning and Waikiki. Winners in all categories will be selected from the final ballot, which will be sent to members following the meeting of the Board of Directors at 11 a.m., February 1, at 8481 Allenwood Road, Los Angeles, CA.