Liberty University School of Law recently launched an internship program with MOVIEGUIDE® ministry, a Christian family guide to movies and entertainment designed to redeem the values of the mass media.
The MOVIEGUIDE® family guide and ministry is dedicated to redeeming the values of the entertainment industry by influencing industry executives and informing the public about the influence of the entertainment media.
When Dr. Baehr founded the MOVIEGUIDE® ministry in 1985, the major studios in Hollywood released few movies with any positive Christian content, less than 1%! By the time the ministry started the Annual MOVEIGUIDE® Faith & Values Awards Gala and Report to the Entertainment Industry, there were less than 30 movies with any Christian content among the major movies, or about 10% of the market share. Last year in 2007, however, 142, or 47.8%, of the movies released by Hollywood contained some positive Christian content!
Also before it started, Hollywood produced only about six movies every year aimed at families; in the past several years, movies marketed to families have increased up to 40% of the market sha re. Finally, about 80% of the top Hollywood movies used to be R rated before the MOVIEGUIDE® family guide to movies, entertainment and culture started, but, now, less than 44% are R rated.