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Will You Let Your Kids See 'Bully?'

The documentary, which opens locally tomorrow, successfully fought for a PG-13, rather than an R rating.

"Bully," a documentary about teen bullying in American looked at through five families, will open tomorrow at two theaters in San Francisco, and, after a protracted fight with the Motion Picture Assn. of America, it will sport a PG-13 rating.

The MPAA originally slapped an R-rating on the movie for profanity, which would have shut out teenagers, a major part of the film's intended audience. The Weinstein Co. threatened to release the film without a rating if the MPAA wouldn't alter its stance.

The MPAA was widely criticized for being intractable, and a petition on Change.org for a lower rating garnered 500,000 signatures, according to ABC News.

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In the end, producers agreed to removed three utterances of the "F-word" in exchange for the lower rating. Still, the subject matter will no doubt make for a raw and emotional film.

Schools in Millbrae have been taking on bullying issues with an expanded that now includes cyber-bullying to comply with a new state law. The Millbrae School District is one of 18 school districts in San Mateo County that have a harassment policy that includes bullying.

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