MPAA to host 'Bully' screening

The MPAA will host a screening "Bully," the documentary that it is rankings board considered an "R" rating despite protest from producer Harvey Weinstein and activists. Weinstein will be a part of a panel following a March 15 screening in the MPAA's headquarters in Washington. Joining him would be the movie's director Lee Hirsch and Electricity Public Schools chancellor Kaya Henderson. The MPAA's rating triggered a petition drive where a Michigan senior high school student who was simply cajolled shipped some 200,000 signatures towards the trade association's Sherman Trees headquarters. Weinstein yet others have stated the "R" rating prevents them from showing the documentary in schools, and also to get its message to the crowd that it's to help. The "R" rating was handed towards the anti-bullying documentary for language. Contact Ted Manley at ted.manley@variety.com