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                                                       NEWSLETTER  OF THE 

POLITICAL FILM SOCIETY, INC.                                                  

                                                    February  1, 2015

FINAL VOTING  ON NOMINEES FOR BEST POLITICAL FILMS OF 2014 BEGINS 

Members of the Political Film  Society have narrowed the nominated films to 

no more than five in each category  for 2014. Members now have the 

opportunity to pick the very top film in each of  four categories, with a deadline 

of February 28 to return ballots. If you feel that the film director  

deserves an award for raising political consciousness, mark your ballot YES. If  

inappropriate, mark NO. If you did not see a film, put an X for UNDECIDED. If  

the emailed ballot is difficult to read, kindly go to our  website. 

For the BEST film promoting DEMOCRACY: 

     

FILM TITLE    

YES  

NO  

UNDECIDED  

CONTENT   

César  Chavez  

(    )  

(    )  

(    )  

How the grape boycott changed the political status  quo.   

Free the  Nipple  

(    )  

(    )  

(    )  

Women start a movement by going  topless.   

Kill the  Messenger  

(    )  

(    )  

(    )  

Washington cows the media into underreporting  scandals.

For the BEST film promoting PEACEFUL conflict  resolution: 

     

FILM TITLE    

YES  

NO  

UNDECIDED  

CONTENT   

César  Chavez  

(    )  

(    )  

(    )  

How nonviolent methods  work.   

Diplomacy  

(    )  

(    )  

(    )  

A Swedish diplomat persuades a German general not to  destroy Paris.   

Giovanni’s  Island  

(    )  

(    )  

(    )  

Japanese acceptance of Russian  control.   

The Railway  Man  

(    )  

(    )  

(    )  

A Japanese soldier atones for mistreating prisoners at  River Kwai.

For the BEST film EXPOSÉ, bringing to prominence lesser  known facts that 

raise political consciousness: 

     

FILM TITLE    

YES  

NO  

UNDECIDED  

CONTENT   

Bhopal: A Prayer for  Rain  

(    )  

(    )  

(    )  

How a pesticide plant in India  exploded due to unsafe conditions.   

Difret  

(    )  

(    )  

(    )  

How female attorneys got courts to end Ethiopian bride  abductions   

Pride  

(    )  

(    )  

(    )  

How gays and tradeunion members worked together in  Britain.   

Rosewater  

(    )  

(    )  

(    )  

How a journalist was treated during 119 days in an  Iranian prison.

For the BEST film promoting human  rights: 

     

FILM TITLE    

YES  

NO  

UNDECIDED  

CONTENT   

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.    

The Imitation  Game  

(    )  

(    )  

(    )  

How Britain treated gays before 1967—prison or  chemical  castration.

The Political Film Society  Board of Directors will meet on Sunday, March 

1, at 9 a.m. (8481 Allenwood Road,  LA 90046) to count ballots. Final 

ballots, to be posted that night, have a  deadline of February 28. Winners will be 

announced March  1. 



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