Political Film Society Award for Democracy
The Political Film Society Award for Democracy is given out each year by the Political Film Society to a film that promotes, educates, and raises the awareness level of the public in the specific areas of democracy and freedom.[1][2] This award has been handed out by the Society since 1988.[1] Depending on the number of movies that qualify, sometimes only one film is nominated for this award, but as many as seven have been nominated in years past.
The film that first won this award was The Milagro Beanfield War in 1988.[1] The only other award nominated in 1988 against The Milagro Beanfield War was Stand and Deliver.[1]
In the following list of nominees and winners of the Political Film Society Award for Democracy, the winners are indicated in bold.[3]
1980s
1990s
- 1990 Born on the Fourth of July[1]
- 1991 City of Hope
- 1992 Bob Roberts
- 1993 Indochine
- 1994 Rapa Nui
- 1995 Beyond Rangoon
- 1996 No films won
- 1997 Red Corner
- 1998 Four Days in September
- 1999 The Insider
2000s
- 2000 Sunshine
- 2001 The Majestic
- 2002 Y Tu Mamá También
- 2003 Shattered Glass
- Herod's Law
- Runaway Jury
- Sandstorm
- Veronica Guerin
- 2004 Silver City
- 2005 Machuca[5]
- 2006 Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
- 2007 Amazing Grace
- 2008 Milk
- 2009 Invictus
2010s
- 2010 Blood Done Sign My Name
- 2011 The Lady
- 2012 Lincoln
- 2013 Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
- 2014 Cesar Chavez
- 2015 Jimmy's Hall
- 2017 A United Kingdom
- Bitter Harvest
- The Post
- Tickling Giants
- 2019 The Report
2020s
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022 Argentina, 1985
- 2023 Aurora's Sunrise
- 2024
See also
- Political Film Society Award for Exposé
- Political Film Society Award for Human Rights
- Political Film Society Award for Peace
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Haas, Michael (March 1991). "Why a Political Film Society?" (PDF). PS: Political Science & Politics: 70–71. doi:10.2307/419379. JSTOR 419379.
- ^ "Political Film Society - MovieMaker Magazine". MovieMaker. 2007-02-02. Retrieved 2025-11-30.
- ^ "Previous Political Film Society Award Winners". Political Film Society. 2008. Archived from the original on 2012-05-27. Retrieved 2025-11-30.
- ^ "Sad Story of a Catholic Martyr". The Mail (Millom and South Copeland ed.). Millom, Cumbria, England. 2003-04-03. p. 21. Retrieved 2025-11-30 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Political Film Society Marks 20 Years". The Signal. Santa Clarita, California. 2006-10-01. p. 3. Retrieved 2025-11-30 – via Newspapers.com.