Acclaimed filmmaker Kirby Dick sets out to rip the veil of secrecy right off of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), the body that rates films for theatrical release with Gs to NC-17s. His incisive investigation doesn’t miss a beat. What is revealed in the process of interviews with filmmakers, actors, journalists, and former raters is a systematic marginalization of certain subjects, particularly female pleasure, homosexual love, and sex through a rating system that seems to benefit studio productions over independent films. Generated supposedly to protect the public from the lewd and obscene, the MPAA claims to represent the views of the average American parent. Dick’s engaging and illuminating exposé proves otherwise, making it clear that something else is at work in the censorship system. Brace yourself: this breakthrough film is jam packed with all the racy clips that the MPAA slapped with a NC-17 rating.  SW