Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)

The Motion Picture Assocation of America (MPAA) is an American trade association that focuses on films. It was founded in 1922 as a trade association as the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA), then in 1968 it took the role of devising parental guidelines for film content which result in the creation of the Production Code and the MPAA film rating system was administered by the trade association.