Buffalo Filmmaker Lobbies For IMDB Triple F Rating for Her Sci Fi Animated Feature Libertaria In solidarity with women in film throughout the world, IMBD has introduced a new film rating based on how vital a role women play in films. This special rating is based on three categories: Directing Writing Female Lead Characters Only a handful of films in IMDB's impression million+ feature film database have been qualified to meet this criteria, and local Buffalo filmmaker Sabrina Pena Young is doing something to change that.  Official Movie Trailer In 2013 Young released "Libertaria: The Virtual Opera", a feature length science fiction film she directed and produced entirely online, using crowdsourcing and crowdfunding to bring what the Palm Beach Arts Paper called "Wagner 2.0" to the big screen. Libertaria: The Virtual Opera has been screened at the Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival , the Holland Animation Film Festival, Opera America in...

Full Interview with Cuban Artist Juan Sí González Juan Sí González: An American Patriot With a gleaming grin, Juan Sí González carefully scans each person in line with a metal detector. His red, white, and blue sneakers, with matching tie and wristbands, betray his patriotic zeal. Despite his apparent thoroughness, this security officer ignores the arbitrary beeps of the machine, instead focusing intently on his next task. Quickly he shoves a mirror before each unsuspecting would-be terrorist. “Is this your face?” González maniacally demands. Satisfied with each bewildered response, and waving away identification cards flashed before him, he shuttles groups of fifteen through a gaping hole in a foreboding black box and shuts the door with finality. In a moment he reappears, cradling a giant talking hot dog. Despite all appearances of a crazed Homeland Security officer, Juan Sí González has reasons behind his paranoid actions. A Cuban by birth and an American by naturalization, Gonza...