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Motion Picture Association of America (view source)
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The '''Motion Picture Association of America''' is the organization that rates movies in the [[United States]].
The '''Motion Picture Association of America''' (MPAA) is a Washington DC-based trade association representing , and also the organization that rates movies in the [[United States]].
the American motion picture, home video and television industry.<ref name=we>{{cite web|url=http://www.mpaa.org/our-story/|title=Our Story|accessdate=February 12, 2017}}</ref> William Hayes founded and led the MPAA starting in 1922.<ref name=we/> From 2004-2010, [[Dan Glickman]], who was previously [[Secretary of Agriculture]] led the MPAA.
It has a budget of nearly $100 million and studio heads expressed "a rare sense of unanimity" when [[Democrat]] and former [[U.S. Senator]] [[Christopher Dodd]] was chosen in March 2011—only about two months after he left the [[U.S. Senate]]—to be its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.<ref>https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/official-chris-dodd-lead-mpaa-162817</ref>
==Ratings==
==Ratings==
'''G''': General Audiances
'''G''': General Audiences
'''PG''': Parental Guidance
'''PG''': Parental Guidance
'''PG-13''':Parental Guidance for those under 13
'''R''':Restricted for children 16 and under without an Adult
'''PG-13''': Parental Guidance for those under 13
'''R''': Restricted for children under 17 without an adult
'''NC-17''': No children 17 or under.
'''NC-17''': No children 17 or under.
==Criticism==
The MPAA has been criticized for its overly [[liberal]] tone towards violence in movies. Dick Kirby argues in his documentary ''This film is not yet rated'' that the MPAA is harsher on independent films than mainstream Hollywood films. He also argues that the MPAA is more likely to award an R or NC-17 for sexual content than for violence. Especially non gory violent films, which can get away with PG or PG-13 (such as The Dark Knight, which portrays gruesome violence but did not get the R rating).
== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://www.mpaa.org Official website]
[[Category:Cinema]]
[[Category:Censorship]]
[[Category:Hollywood Values]]