Political Film Society Award for Human Rights
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The Political Film Society Award for human rights is given out each year to a film that deals with struggle for human rights in both fictional and non-fictional stories. This award has been handed out by the Society since 1987. Depending on the number of movies that qualify, as few as one films has been nominated for this award before but as many as fourteen have been nominated in years past.
The film that first won this award was Matewan in 1988 that was directed by John Sayles. The award, as with any other Political Film Society Award, can go to a mainstream film, independent film, or even an international film. The Political Film Society looks at a broad selection of movies before it nominates them for an award.
[edit] 1980s
- 1989 Mississippi Burning
- A Dry White Season
- Listen to Me
- Talk Radio
[edit] 1990s
- 1999 The Green Mile
- Boys Don't Cry
- The General's Daughter
- Hard
- The General's Daughter
- Naturally Native
- One Man's Hero
- Three Kings
- Xiu Xiu
[edit] 2000s
- 2000 Remember the Titans
- Before Night Falls
- But I'm a Cheerleader
- The Contender
- Erin Brockovich
- The Hurricane
- It All Starts Today
- Sunshine
- X-Men
- 2001 Focus
- Atlantis: The Lost Empire
- Born Under Libra
- Bread and Roses
- The Closet
- Greenfingers
- The Hidden Half
- The Iron Ladies
- Journey to the Sun
- Lumumba
