Kirby Dick’s THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED Takes on the MPAA

USA Today reports that Kirby Dick’s documentary This Film Is Not Yet Rated "drew cheers from an audience of 1,200 at its Sundance Film Festival premiere Wednesday for its exposé on the secret group that can mean life or death for movie earnings at the box office."
The "secret group" in question is the ratings board of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), which makes some of the wackiest — or just downright inane — decisions about what is and what isn’t acceptable for American children and teenagers to watch.
Worse yet, with the NC-17 rating (no one under 17 allowed), the MPAA censors actually have the right to prohibit teens from watching films even if their parents [...]

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