POLITICAL  FILM REVIEW 
NEWSLETTER  #299 OF THE POLITICAL FILM SOCIETY 
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January  1, 2008 
TWENTY-EIGHT  FILMS ARE NOMINATED FOR 2007 POLITICAL FILM SOCIETY AWARDS 
Political Film Society rules require that each list must be  reduced to the 
best five in each category. Ballots below ask members to accept  up to 5 per 
category by January 31. “Undecided” is for films not  viewed. 
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)   
American  Gangster  
(      )  
(      )  
(      )  
¾  of NYPD’s narc unit are caught on the take   
Amu  
(      )  
(      )  
(      )  
Indian  government’s complicity in 1984 riots   
Bamako  
(      )  
(      )  
(      )  
World  Bank on trial for neglecting Africa’s  needs   
Beyond  the Gates  
(      )  
(      )  
(      )  
why  Hutus shot down Rwanda’s Hutu  president   
Black  Book  
(      )  
(      )  
(      )  
postwar  vengeance against Nazi collaborators   
Black  Friday  
(      )  
(      )  
(      )  
Indian  government’s complicity in 1993 riots   
Breach  
(      )  
(      )  
(      )  
how  the FBI caught America’s top CIA  counterspy   
Charlie  Wilson’s War  
(      )  
(      )  
(      )  
the  CIA covertly defeats the Soviets in Afghanistan   
The  Great Debaters  
(      )  
(      )  
(      )  
Black  college debaters will a national championship   
Holly  
(      )  
(      )  
(      )  
how  Asian girls are trapped in prostitution   
The  Hunting Party  
(      )  
(      )  
(      )  
why  NATO has never caught Bosnian war criminals   
A  Mighty Heart  
(      )  
(      )  
(      )  
D.  Pearl’s  kidnapping to retaliate for Guantánamo   
Offside  
(      )  
(      )  
(      )  
how  Iranian women sought to attend a sports event   
Persepolis  
(      )  
(      )  
(      )  
true  story of Iran’s politics from 1921-  present   
Redacted  
(      )  
(      )  
(      )  
Army  coverup of war crimes by GIs in Iraq   
September  Dawn  
(      )  
(      )  
(      )  
why  Mormons massacred non-Mormons in 1857   
The  Situation  
(      )  
(      )  
(      )  
coverup  of GI war criminals in Iraq   
Strange  Culture  
(      )  
(      )  
(      )  
an  art professor is wrongly accused of terrorism   
There  Will Be Blood  
(      )  
(      )  
(      )  
the  immorality of capitalism   
Trade  
(      )  
(      )  
(      )  
sex  slaves in the United  States   
The  Wind That Shakes the Barley  
(      )  
(      )  
(      )  
aspirations  of socialists for Irish  independence 
Vote for the top five  films that raise consciousness of the need for 
improvements in HUMAN  RIGHTS:     
FILM TITLE  
ACCEPT  
DROP  
UNDECIDED  
CONTENT (see full review on  website)   
Amazing  Grace  
(      )  
(      )  
(      )  
how  Britain abolished  slavery   
Bamako  
(      )  
(      )  
(      )  
deterioration  in quality of life due to World Bank   
Beyond  the Gates  
(      )  
(      )  
(      )  
the  Rwandan genocide    
Charlie  Wilson’s War  
(      )  
(      )  
(      )  
the  Soviet genocidal campaign in Afghanistan   
Holly  
(      )  
(      )  
(      )  
how  the poor sell daughters to the sex trade   
The  Hunting Party  
(      )  
(      )  
(      )  
the  war crimes in the Bosnian Civil War   
In  the Valley  of Elah  
(      )  
(      )  
(      )  
why  American soldiers commit war crimes   
Offside  
(      )  
(      )  
(      )  
Iran’s  discrimination against women in sports   
Persepolis  
(      )  
(      )  
(      )  
violations  during the Shah & currently in Iran   
Pierrepoint  
(      )  
(      )  
(      )  
biopic  of Britain’s “humane”  executioner   
Redacted  
(      )  
(      )  
(      )  
rape  & excessive force by American GIs in Iraq   
Rendition  
(      )  
(      )  
(      )  
terrorist  suspects tortured with U.S.  complicity   
September  Dawn  
(      )  
(      )  
(      )  
the  Mormon’s massacre of 120 innocents   
Southland  Tales  
(      )  
(      )  
(      )  
predicts  an Orwellian future if the USA is  nuked   
Strange  Culture  
(      )  
(      )  
(      )  
denial  of legal rights to an art professor   
Trade  
(      )  
(      )  
(      )  
sex  trafficking into the United  States 
Vote for the top five  films that raise consciousness of the need for PEACE:  
   
FILM TITLE  
ACCEPT  
DROP  
UNDECIDED  
CONTENT (see full review on  website)   
Black  Friday  
(      )  
(      )  
(      )  
how  communal violence begets violence in India   
In  the Valley  of Elah  
(      )  
(      )  
(      )  
how  the Iraq War has poisoned the minds of GIs   
O  Jerusalem  
(      )  
(      )  
(      )  
the  need for peace between Israelis &  Palestinians   
Pierrepoint  
(      )  
(      )  
(      )  
why  Britain’s top executioner  resigned   
Redacted  
(      )  
(      )  
(      )  
lacking  a clear mission, GIs murder/rape Iraqis   
September  Dawn  
(      )  
(      )  
(      )  
how  religion inspires senseless violence   
The  Situation  
(      )  
(      )  
(      )  
lacking  a clear mission, GIs murder  Iraqis 
Only three films were  nominated for best film promoting DEMOCRACY—Amazing 
Grace, September Dawn, and Shooter. The winner will be selected  from the final 
ballot that will be sent to members on February  1.



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