BALLOTING CONTINUES FOR BEST POLITICAL FILMS OF 2011
The year 2011 had many fascinating films raising political consciousness. In all, nineteen films were nominated in the four categories for Political Film Society awards. Although only four films were nominated in the category Democracy (Amigo, Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within, The Lady, and Of Gods and Men), all the rest had more than five nominations.

BALLOTS
Political Film Society rules require final balloting for only the top five in each category, so ballots below enable members to narrow the two longer lists. If you feel that the film deserves serious consideration, mark your ballot ACCEPT. If you believe that the film is off the mark, mark your ballot DROP. If you did not see a film, the best way to vote is by putting an X for UNDECIDED. Polls close at midnight January 31. Send your ballot to polfilms@aol.com or by mail to P.O. Box 461267, Los Angeles, CA 90046.

For EXPOSÉ films, bringing to prominence lesser known facts that raise political consciousness, vote to accept the best five (5) only from the following nominees:

FILM TITLE	ACCEPT	DROP	UNDECIDED	CONTENT
5 Days of War	(    )	(    )	(    )	Russia's invasion of Georgia in 2008
Amigo	(    )	(    )	(    )	American conquest of the Philippines
The Bang Bang Club	(    )	(    )	(    )	Why Zulus opposed Mandela's ANC
City of Life and Death	(    )	(    )	(    )	How Rabe saved Chinese from death
The Conquest	(    )	(    )	(    )	How Sarkozy became France's president
The Conspirator	(    )	(    )	(    )	Mistrial of Lincoln's accused killers
The Devil's Double	(    )	(    )	(    )	Sick life of Usay Hussein
Elite Squad 2	(    )	(    )	(    )	Corruption in Brazil's war on drugs
In Darkness	(    )	(    )	(    )	Jews live 14 monhts in Lvov sewers
The Iron Lady	(    )	(    )	(    )	Margaret Thatcher's life
J. Edgar	(    )	(    )	(    )	Oedipus complex of FBI's Hoover
Kinyarwanda	(    )	(    )	(    )	How Rwandans tried to survive genocide
Machine Gun Preacher	(    )	(    )	(    )	Brutality of Lords Resistance Army
Oranges and Sunshine	(    )	(    )	(    )	130,000 children kidnapped by Britain
Silenced	(    )	(    )	(    )	Corruption in Korea
The Whistleblower	(    )	(    )	(    )	Bosnian women sold by UN, US officials

For HUMAN RIGHTS films, vote to accept the best five (5) only from the following nominees:

FILM TITLE	ACCEPT	DROP	UNDECIDED	CONTENT
5 Days of War	(    )	(    )	(    )	Innocent civilians killed in Georgia War
Amigo	(    )	(    )	(    )	U.S. army waterboarding of Filipinos
City of Life and Death	(    )	(    )	(    )	Massacre of Nanjing by Japanese
The Conspirator	(    )	(    )	(    )	Faking evidence to convict Mary Sarratt
The Devil's Double	(    )	(    )	(    )	Torture of Usay Hussein's stand-in
Elite Squad 2	(    )	(    )	(    )	How Brazilians intimidate the poor
The Help	(    )	(    )	(    )	Black women mistreated in the south
In Darkness	(    )	(    )	(    )	Polish protector of Jews from Nazis
The Flowers of War	(    )	(    )	(    )	Rape of women, extrajudicial executions
In the Land of Blood and Honey	(    )	(    )	(    )	Ethnic peace à Bosnia war by Serbs
Kinyarwanda	(    )	(    )	(    )	Genocide in Rwanda
The Lady	(    )	(    )	(    )	How Burma suppressed democracy
Machine Gun Preacher	(    )	(    )	(    )	Savior of children from Joseph Kony
Oka!	(    )	(    )	(    )	jungle for indigenous Africans destroyed
Oranges and Sunshine	(    )	(    )	(    )	British children kidnapped and tortured
Silenced	(    )	(    )	(    )	Justice denied in Korean child abuse case
The Whistleblower	(    )	(    )	(    )	Human trafficking by UN Bosnian force

For films that show the superiority of PEACE over violence, vote the best five (5) only from the following nominees:

FILM TITLE	ACCEPT	DROP	UNDECIDED	CONTENT
5 Days of War	(    )	(    )	(    )	Journalists acts to stop Georgia war
Amigo	(    )	(    )	(    )	Friendly Filipinos obviate use of force
City of Life and Death	(    )	(    )	(    )	Unneeded slaughter of 300,000 Chinese
Elite Squad 2	(    )	(    )	(    )	Brazilian authorities murder the poor
The Flowers of War	(    )	(    )	(    )	Heroism to stop rape of children
Kinyarwanda	(    )	(    )	(    )	Protectors of Rwandas from genocide
In the Land of Blood and Honey	(    )	(    )	(    )	Ethnic peace à Bosnia war by Serbs
The Lady	(    )	(    )	(    )	Nonviolent quest for democracy in Burma
Machine Gun Preacher	(    )	(    )	(    )	Rescuing children from Kony's army
Of Gods and Men	(    )	(    )	(    )	Monks bring peace in Algerian civil war

NOTE: Ballots in each category with more than 5 marks for ACCEPT will be disqualified.

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, posted that night, will have a deadline of February 28. Winners will be announced March 1.

January 15, 2012

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