NYC theater overrules MPAA rating for Snowden documentary
I saw Citizenfour last weekend and I’m at a loss as to why this film was rated R. At least one theatre felt the same and did something about it:
Citizenfour, the acclaimed Laura Poitras documentary about Edward Snowden, has been given an R rating by the notoriously corrupt and opaque MPAA ratings board (see This Film Is Not Yet Rated).
The IFC Center theater in New York City isn’t having any of it, and has posted a notice inviting high-school age patrons to come, especially those who might vote in the next election.
Michael Sauers is currently the Director of Technology for Do Space in Omaha, NE. Michael has been training librarians in technology for the past twenty years and has also been a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, serials cataloger, technology consultant, and bookseller since earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany’s School of Information Science and Policy. Michael has also written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and his fourteenth book, Emerging Technologies: A Primer for Librarians (w/ Jennifer Koerber) was published in May 2015 and more books are on the way. In his spare time he blogs at travelinlibrarian.info, runs The Collector’s Guide to Dean Koontz Web site, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
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One Reply to “NYC theater overrules MPAA rating for Snowden documentary”
I would consider going if there were showings closer in Ohio than Columbus, Dayton, let alone Oberlin. Pittsburgh is still a heckuva commute too. I’m actually surprised the Cleveland Institute of Art isn’t showing this.
Hopefully this comes out on DVD eventually as that’s going to be the only way I can economically see it.
I would consider going if there were showings closer in Ohio than Columbus, Dayton, let alone Oberlin. Pittsburgh is still a heckuva commute too. I’m actually surprised the Cleveland Institute of Art isn’t showing this.
Hopefully this comes out on DVD eventually as that’s going to be the only way I can economically see it.