This Film is Not Yet Rated tonight @ 7:00PM in Lucas 108
The USC Free Culture club and Cinematheque 108 present a special screening of This Film Is Not Yet Rated tonight at 7:00 in Lucas 108. Director Kirby Dick will be present to discuss his controversial and important new film, which dares to take on the MPAA's double-secret ratings system and the shadowy figures who decide (when they're not filing lawsuits or sending cease-and-desist letters) what is safe for us to watch. Don't miss this rare opportunity! Free and open to the public. Read more...
This Film Is Not Yet Rated is an unprecedented investigation into the MPAA film ratings system and its profound impact on American culture produced by the Independent Film Channel. Filmmakers who speak candidly include John Waters, Kevin Smith, Matt Stone, Kimberly Peirce, Atom Egoyan, Darren Aronofsky, Mary Harron, actress Maria Bello and distributor Bingham Ray (co-founder, October Films and former President, United Artists). In This Film is Not Yet Rated, director Kirby Dick examines the most controversial ratings decisions in recent history, as well as the MPAA’s efforts to protect copyright and control culture in the name of piracy and profit. Ultimately, Dick tries to uncover Hollywood ’s best-kept secret: the identities of the ratings board members themselves. The result is a movie about movies unlike any other movie. "It is important that this film be seen by as many people as possible, as it deals with an insidious form of censorship resulting from a ratings process that has been kept secret for more than 30 years.” Kirby Dick