 | Short Stack 2006 with "My Life ... Disoriented"by Eric Byler, Claire Yorita Lee, Di Quon, Liza Suh, Jasmin Gordon, Mai Heiselmann, and Mike Blum Four films — including the two grand prize-winners of the first Independent Lens Online Shorts Festival — explore questions of love, displacement, belonging, and identity. Short Stack 2006 looks at the rise and fall of a boy's first zit, uprooted sisters taking on a new school, revelations about a mourned father, and country-western romance, Japanese style. Independent Lens |
| Short Stack: Lost & Foundby Christopher Newberry, Shira Avni, Keith Bearden, Dong Hyeuk Hwang, and Angelique Midhunter In friendship, one size fits all. Five short films explore the whimsical, comforting, and transformative powers of the bonds of friendship, from a fairground odyssey and a comic book obsession to identity, loneliness, and loss. Independent Lens |
 | Small Ball: A Little League Storyby Louis Alvarez and Andrew Kolker Follow the hope, thrills, and excitement of players, parents, and coaches as a team of 11- and 12-year-old Little Leaguers go from their small Northern California town all the way to the 2002 Little League Baseball World Series Championship in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. |
 | The Split Horn: Life of a Hmong Shaman in Americaby Taggart Siegel and Jim McSilver An intimate account of a Hmong shaman struggling to maintain his ancient traditions in the United States while his sons and daughters succumb to the allure of American lifestyles. True Stories |
 | Stand Up: Muslim American Comics Come of Ageby Glenn Baker Stand Up explores the emergence of Muslim and Arab American comedians in the wake of 9/11, showing how the comics use humor to take on stereotypes about Middle Easterners and the issue of terrorism. |
 | Sumo East and Westby Ferne Pearlstein and Robert Edwards One of Japan’s most time-honored and insular traditions, sumo wrestling offers an earthshaking window into the cultural collision of East and West, as worldwide interest grows and increasing numbers of foreigners rise to the top professional ranks. Independent Lens, Global Voices |
 | Tattooed Under Fireby Nancy Schiesari A look at River City Tattoo Parlor in Killeen, Texas — home to Fort Hood, America’s largest military base — where war-bound and returning soldiers go under the needle and confess their deepest secrets and fears. |
| Terminal, USAby Jon Moritsugu All the action of a month of soap operas are compressed as one Japanese American family explodes notions of the "model minority." |
 | Tie a Yellow Ribbonby Joy Dietrich Told through the eyes of a Korean adoptee, Tie a Yellow Ribbon shows a nuanced portrait of the everyday struggles of Asian American young women. |
 | True-Hearted Vixensby Mylene Moreno A 1-hour documentary about three women bucking convention: chasing dreams of professional athletic careers in a start-up tackle football league. POV |
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