MPAA to host 'Bully' screening

The MPAA will host a screening "Bully," the documentary that it's ratings board considered an "R" rating despite protest from producer Harvey Weinstein and activists. Weinstein will take part in a panel carrying out a March 15 screening within the MPAA's headquarters in Washington. Joining him will be the movie's director Lee Hirsch and Electricity Public Schools chancellor Kaya Henderson. The MPAA's rating triggered a petition drive in which a Michigan secondary school student who had previously been cajolled shipped some 200,000 signatures for the trade association's Sherman Trees headquarters. Weinstein while others have mentioned the "R" rating prevents them from showing the documentary in schools, also to get its message towards the crowd it's to assist. The "R" rating was presented with for the anti-bullying documentary for language. Contact Ted Manley at ted.manley@variety.com