A STEP FORWARD is a short documentary film about Filipino senior citizens in Westside Long Beach who find community by forming a weekly Walking Club. In the heart of a former U.S. Navy town with a history of gang violence, environmental pollution, and neglect by the local government, the Filipino Migrant Center started a Walking Club at Hudson Park and brought together long-time residents to engage them in improving their health and their neighborhood. As they get to know each other and share their common experiences, they begin to realize that they have the power to make changes in their community.

The Japanese American basketball leagues of Los Angeles' South Bay region are distinct from most local high school basketball leagues. COMMON GROUND examines the efforts of members of both leagues to develop responsible leadership through shared officials and coaches.

Rumors of local surface-to-air missile installations have been circulating in the Los Angeles South Bay area for decades. This film documents the search for places and histories one never knew existed in one’s own backyard.

The Azuma Kotobuki Kai is a branch of the Azuma-Ryu dance school in Tokyo, Japan. In Los Angeles, the purpose of the Azuma Kotobuki Kai is to preserve and promote the art of Nihon Buyo or classical Japanese dance.

In an alleyway in Little Tokyo, a conflict arises between two segments of society. The conflict escalates, until one of the antagonists quickly settles things.

Calvin Chow recounts his experience growing up in "small-town" Isola, Mississippi during a period of segregation.

Ed Kanemoto recounts his experience growing up on a farm in Torrance before moving to Lynwood, California.

During World War II, 12,000 Japanese immigrants and Japanese American citizens were interned at Heart Mountain, including my husband’s family. This film documents the dedication ceremony of Heart Mountain Interpretive Learning Center in Wyoming, featuring appearances by Bacon Sakatani, broadcast journalist Tom Brokaw, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta, and U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye. RETURNING TO HEART MOUNTAIN is a timely reminder of a political time and events that should never happen again.

The phrase, "Stop and smell the roses," is heard by many. But how many of us experience it first hand? It was hard for me to stop working, especially in a job that I had loved. I worked in the fashion industry for 26 years. But the, one day, I had to make the decision to stop working. This film is about how I fought through the darkness in order to begin a new chapter in my life. Come and walk through this new journey with me. You too might decide that it's time for you to stop and smell the roses. And you might even discover that roses never smelled so good.

The government’s propaganda film on the evacuation of Japanese Americans to America’s concentration camps is juxtaposed against the testimonies of incarcerees given at the 1981 Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians. The film raises the questions of “Who do you believe?” and “What is the truth?”

While on vacation in Puerto Rico, the filmmaker stops at a beautiful waterfall and climbs up some rocks to take a better look.