This film is not yet rated is a documentary directed by Kirby Dick and produced by Eddie Schmidt on the Motion Picture Association of America (or MPAA) and their often unfair rules for rating films. The MPAA rating system is: G and PG are the same as in Australia, M is called PG-13 in America, MA15+ is R, and R18+ is NC-17, the latter being the highest rating. The difference between an R-rated film and an NC-17 film can be hundreds of millions of dollars and is accounted for by disparities between Hollywood and independent filmmakers, straight and gay sex, male and female sexual depictions, and content. violent and sexual. Little is known about the production process for This Film Is Not Yet Rated, except that it was probably filmed in late 2005. Most of the documentary follows Dick's collaboration with Becky Altringer, a private detective , to reveal the identity of the group members. MPAA Review Board, who they claim are "average American parents" with children ages five to seventeen. They discovered that most of the MPAA review board members had children over the age of eighteen at the time of filming, and that some of them had no children at all, contrasting with the MPAA's original intentions to guide parents on what they should let their children watch. . They also discovered that the members of the MPAA appeals board were primarily comprised of studio executives, sales representatives, and film buyers, putting independent filmmakers at an immediate disadvantage from obtaining an NC-17 rating and thus earning less money at the box office. The documentary also includes interviews with filmmakers whose films have received an NC-17 rating. The documentary falls under the Expository mode, due to its use...... middle of paper ...... ringtone which exposes all of the MPAA's worst kept secrets, namely their unfair standards and their behind-the-scenes thoughts behind the NC-17. rating as well as the identity of the evaluators. This is a system designed to give parents guidelines on what they should let their children watch, but their biased rating methods ultimately will only fail parents and their families if they see a scene that warrants the corresponding film being awarded. a higher score than the one assigned to it. While some may argue that the documentary is one-sided, it is highly unlikely that the MPAA will give an honest point of view when its credibility is at stake. Instead, the documentary tells the untold stories of the filmmakers affected by the NC rating -17 and that's where the documentary gets its impetus from, rather than the MPAA defending itself by denying all the rumors circulating around them..