Thanh Tran is a mixed race, Vietnamese and Black documentary filmmaker and organizer from Sacramento, California. He is the co-founder and co-host of the podcast “Uncuffed” which he started while incarcerated in San Quentin State Prison. While in San Quentin, he also co-founded the incarcerated film production team “ForwardThis Productions.” ForwardThis Productions teaches incarcerated folks how to create films and utilize them as tools for advocacy. Currently he works as a Policy Associate at the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights where he organizes and leads coalitions for statewide and local policy campaigns centering around criminal justice reform.

Tony Jelks-Tran, Thanh’s younger brother is also a former foster youth who aged out of the system. Despite his childhood traumas and trouble in his teenage years, he finally got on the right track after serving a couple months in Juvenile Hall. After high school, he immediately got involved at Cosumnes River College where he served as Director of Finance of the Clubs and Events Board for a term as well as Student Body President for 3 Terms. This work earned him the prestigious Oliver J. Durand Award for “Exemplary Leadership and Service”, the highest honor a student can achieve at Cosumnes River College. From here, Tony then found a skill and passion in videography, which he leveraged to sustain him ever since. Recently married, he is currently doing media full time . He aims to use this film to help bring light to the topics that go unspoken and give a voice to those who need it most.

Grace Lee is an award-winning Asian American filmmaker whose work combines personal storytelling, humor, and compelling characters to reframe how we see history, power and community. Her films mine the complexities of what it means to be American, be they about grassroots organizers, politicians, conservative midwestern housewives, street reporters covering the 1992 LA civil unrest or the army of women who share her incredibly common name. While she often explores the terrain of Asian America, her storytelling elicit nuanced observations that evoke universal themes. Grace’s work has screened at Sundance, Toronto, Tribeca, SXSW, Berlin, Pusan, released theatrically and broadcast on PBS and Sundance Channel, winning two Peabody awards, Emmy and NAACP Image Award nominations and multiple festival audience awards. Her work has been funded by the United States Artist Fellowship, Ford Foundation/Just Films, MacArthur Foundation, NEA, ITVS, Sundance Institute, Chicken and Egg Pictures, IDA Enterprise Fund and others. She co-founded the Asian American Documentary Network (A-Doc), which uplifts and resources Asian American non-fiction storytellers and serves on the board of the International Documentary Association.

Cori is an award-winning playwright, screenwriter and author. Mellon Fiundation Playwright-in- Residence WP Theater, resident writer New Dramatists. Adjunct Professor and visiting Guest artist at: Carnegie Mellon; University of Iowa; Sarah Lawrence; New School; Smith College; Columbia University; NYU; The New School and more. Mellon Foundation Playwright-In-Residence at WP Theater in NYC; MacDowell; Sundance Institute; O’Neill National Playwrights Conference; Bogliasco Foundation; Baryshnikov Foundation, Jerome Foundation; New Dramatists 7 year Residency; and more. As Screenwriter: HBO Films original screenplay In addition to multiple other film and TV projects in development. Story Producer: “Finding Ma” a documentary feature about one family’s resilience in the face of foster care, addiction, homelessness and incarceration. Co- Author: I Cried To Dream Again – Sara Kruzan’s memoir which was published in 2022 by Penguin/Random House. Finalist “In The Margins” Social Justice Book Award. Longtime volunteer at San Quentin State Prison WGA member Corithyme@gmail.com Represented by The Gersh Agency and Good-Fear Film and Management