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 films that qualify, as few as one film 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 1987 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 films before it nominates them for an award.
1980s edit
1990s edit
- 1990 Driving Miss Daisy
- 1991 Boyz n the Hood
- 1992 The Power of One
- 1993 Schindler's List
- 1994 Go Fish
- 1995 Murder in the First
- 1996 Ghosts of Mississippi
- 1997 Rosewood
- 1998 A Civil Action
- 1999 The Green Mile
2000s edit
- 2000 Remember the Titans
- 2001 Focus
- 2002 Ararat
- 2003 The Magdalene Sisters
- 2004 Hotel Rwanda
- 2005 North Country
- 2006 The Last King of Scotland
- 2007 Amazing Grace
- 2008 Milk
- 2009 District 9
2010s edit
- 2010 My Name Is Khan
- 2011 The Help
- 2012 West of Thunder
- 2013 Zaytoun
- 2014 César Chávez
- 2015 Suffragette
- 2016 Loving
- 2017 Marshall
- 2018 BlacKkKlansman
- 2019
2020s edit
- 2020
- 2021 Held for Ransom
- 2022 Till
- 2023 Killers of the Flower Moon
Sources edit
- Political Film Society Previous Award Winners Archived 2012-05-27 at the Wayback Machine