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In an era of repressive sexual politics, one filmmaker is calling out the MPAA for slapping her #lesbianromance with an NC-17 rating. Director Anita Doran is outraged that her film 'Maya & Samar', which centers on a #lovestory between a Canadian journalist and a queer Afghan woman, recieved the highly restrictive rating. “The fact that we got an NC-17 rating, even though this film is a love story, but many other films — where it’s not a queer love story — [don’t] get an NC-17 rating, was…shockin

How does a movie get its rating? Joan Graves explains the process & challenges of rating a film as we mark 50 years of the rating system. More here: bit.ly/2zWGL2y | Motion Picture Association