POLLS
CLOSE ON NOMINATIONS FOR BEST POLITICAL FILMS OF 2003
December 31 was the last day
to nominate films for Political Film Society awards
for 2003. Political Film Society rules require
the number of nominated films to be reduced to
five in each category. Accordingly, a ballot below
for two of the four categories for awards. If you
have not seen the film, an "Undecided" vote
is appropriate.
Five
films were nominated for the category DEMOCRACY for promoting
increasing consciousness of the need for more political
decisionmaking by the people rather than by elites: Herod's
Law, Runaway Jury, Sandstorm, Shattered
Glass, and Veronica
Guerin. Accordingly, there is no need to reduce
the number now. On February 1, members will vote to select
the best film of the three:
For
the category EXPOSÉ, which recognizes the importance
of raising political consciousness by bringing to light
little-known facts, nineteen films were nominated, so select
the best five:
| FILM
TITLE |
ACCEPT |
DROP |
UNDECIDED |
CONTENT |
| All
My Loved Ones |
( ) |
( ) |
( ) |
a
Brit organizes the kindertransport from Hungary |
| Amen |
( ) |
( ) |
( ) |
an
SS officer asks a callous pope to stop the Holocaust |
| Beyond
Borders |
( ) |
( ) |
( ) |
NGOs
perilously cope with refugees in time of war |
| Casa
de los Babys |
( ) |
( ) |
( ) |
the
adoption racket for babies in Latin America |
| The
Dancer Upstairs |
( ) |
( ) |
( ) |
the
nihilism of Peru's Sendero Luminoso |
| Dark
Blue |
( ) |
( ) |
( ) |
LA
police corruption in the 1990s |
| Dirty
Pretty Things |
( ) |
( ) |
( ) |
exploitation
of illegal aliens in London |
| Emerald
Cowboy |
( ) |
( ) |
( ) |
a
Japanese American as the top emerald merchant |
| Green
Card Fever |
( ) |
( ) |
( ) |
scams
cheating immigrants who seek green cards |
| Herod's
Law |
( ) |
( ) |
( ) |
how
the PRI stayed in power so long in Mexico |
| Lilja
4-Ever |
( ) |
( ) |
( ) |
Swedes
trap Russian women into white slavery |
| The
Magdalene Sisters |
( ) |
( ) |
( ) |
Ireland
sends "loose women" to their doom |
| Marooned
in Irag |
( ) |
( ) |
( ) |
how
Iranians helped Kurdish refugees from Irag |
| Runaway
Jury |
( ) |
( ) |
( ) |
how
to fix a jury; the NRA's death toll |
| Sandstorm |
( ) |
( ) |
( ) |
how
India allows low-caste women to be raped |
| Shattered
Glass |
( ) |
( ) |
( ) |
a
reporter fabricates news stories |
| The
Statement |
( ) |
( ) |
( ) |
how
the "butcher of Lyon" was brought to justice |
| Taking
Sides |
( ) |
( ) |
( ) |
A
German conductor as a poster boy for the Nazis |
| Tycoon:
A New Russian |
( ) |
( ) |
( ) |
how
mafias control the Russian economy |
| Veronica
Guerin |
( ) |
( ) |
( ) |
A
journalist exposes Irish druglords & dies |
Vote
for the top five films out of ten nominated for raising
consciousness of the need for greater HUMAN RIGHTS:
| FILM
TITLE |
ACCEPT |
DROP |
UNDECIDED |
CONTENT |
| Amen |
( ) |
( ) |
( ) |
Catholic
priests stop euthanasia but not the Holocaust |
| Beyond
Borders |
( ) |
( ) |
( ) |
the
desperate need for aid to keep refugees alive |
| Dirty
Pretty Things |
( ) |
( ) |
( ) |
illegal
aliens give up a kidney to get a passport |
| The
Life of David Gale |
( ) |
( ) |
( ) |
protest
of the death penalty |
| Lilja
4-Ever |
( ) |
( ) |
( ) |
shows
the white slavery racket from Russia to Sweden |
| The
Magdalene Sisters |
( ) |
( ) |
( ) |
how
Ireland incarcerated "loose women" |
| Sandstorm |
( ) |
( ) |
( ) |
legal
battle to end casteim & trans-caste rape in India |
| The
Statement |
( ) |
( ) |
( ) |
the
Vichy regime purges France of 77,007 Jews |
| Twilight |
( ) |
( ) |
( ) |
poverty & prejudice
in Iran under the ayatollahs |
| X-2:
X-Men United |
( ) |
( ) |
( ) |
discrimation
agianst those who are different |
Four
films were nominated for raising consciousness of the need
for greater use of PEACE as a preferred method for conflict
resolution -- Beyond Borders, Cold
Mountain, The
Dancer Upstairs, Sandstorm,
and X-2: X-Men United. Accordingly,
there is no need for a ballot now.
Political
Film Society members must return ballots by January 31,
2004. A meeting of the Board of Directors of the Political
Film Society will convene at 8481 Allenwood Road, Los Angeles,
on Sunday, February 1, 2004, at 2:00 p.m. to count ballots.
All Political Film Society members are invited.
