Yesterday, I told my readers to "stay tuned for this year's nominees for the Coffee Party Entertainment Awards for movies. Politics and entertainment!" The volunteers of Coffee Party USA and I have been voting on which movies and people to recognize for the past two weeks for The Coffee Party Entertainment Awards AKA The Golden Coffee Cups and last week we came up with nominees in five categories showcasing the best in movies from 2018 about politics and government. Here they are!
I begin with the nominees for Best Drama or Comedy about Politics or Government of 2018 (Best Political Scripted Movie for short).
Aquaman
Black Panther
BlacKKKlansman
First Man
On the Basis of Sex
The Death of Stalin
The Hate U Give
Vice
To go along with the movies, the volunteers of Coffee Party USA also chose performers for two other categories. The first is Best Portrayal of a Government Official in a Film during 2018.
Steve Buscemi as Nikita Krushchev in The Death of Stalin
Chadwick Boseman as King T'Challa in Black Panther
Christian Bale as Vice President Dick Cheney in Vice
Olivia Colman as Queen Anne in The Favourite
Sam Rockwell as President George W. Bush in Vice
Saoirse Ronan as Queen Mary Stuart in Mary Queen of Scots
Rachel Weisz as Lady Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough in The Favourite
The second is Best Actor in a Political Film during 2018 (all roles, not just politicians).
Steve Buscemi as Nikita Krushchev in The Death of Stalin
Chadwick Boseman as King T'Challa in Black Panther
Olivia Colman as Queen Anne in The Favourite
Felicity Jones as Ruth Bader Ginsberg in On the Basis of Sex
Michael B. Jordan as Killmonger in Black Panther
LaKeith Stanfield as Cassius Green in Sorry to Bother You
John David Washington as Ron Stallworth in BlacKKKlansman
There were ties for fourth or fifth place in all the above categories, so there were more than five nominees. The same was not true of the documentary category, Best Documentary about Politics or Government of 2018 (Best Political Documentary for short), where there are only five nominees.
Dark Money
Fahrenheit 11/9
John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls
Mercury 13
RBG
Just as there is a category to recognize actors playing politicians and activists in scripted films, there is also one to recognize actual politicians and government officials in documentaries, Best Appearance of a Government Official in a Documentary during 2018.
Jim Acosta in Fahrenheit 11/9
Ruth Bader Ginsberg in RBG
John Glenn in Mercury 13
Barack Obama in Fahrenheit 11/9
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in Fahrenheit 11/9
Richard Ojeda in Fahrenheit 11/9
Yes, there was another tie, so there are more than six nominees.
In summary, the scripted film with the most nominations is Black Panther with four, followed by The Death of Stalin, The Favourite, and Vice with three each, then BlacKKKlansman and On the Basis of Sex with two. Mary Queen of Scots, Sorry to Bother You, and The Hate U Give have nomination apiece. The most nominated documentary is Fahrenheit 11/9 with five nominations, followed by RBG and Mercury 13 with two each. Dark Money and John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls earned one nomination apiece.
The volunteers will vote on the nominees this week. I plan on announcing the winners here on April 14. Stay tuned.
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