Thanh Tran

Thanh Tran is an Amerasian-Vietnamese and Black filmmaker, music artist, and criminal justice organizer from Sacramento, California. While incarcerated, he co-founded Uncuffed, an award-winning podcast amplifying incarcerated voices; ForwardThis Productions, a pioneering film collective inside San Quentin; and the Inside/Outside Fellowship with the Ella Baker Center, supporting incarcerated organizers. Now the director of Finding Má, a feature-length documentary exploring identity and family history, Thanh also serves as a Policy Consultant at the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, working on legislation to improve prison conditions and civic engagement. He is the Interim Executive Director of the Asian Prisoner Support Committee (APSC) and sits on advisory councils for New Breath Foundation, APSC, and Uncuffed. A Creative Capital grantee, Thanh merges art, activism, and storytelling to challenge injustice, build solidarity between Asian and Black communities, and transform public narratives on incarceration and race.