Track Change Presents: "I'm Somebody's Hero" from Uncuffed and KALW Public Radio
Growing up, Thanh Tran never felt like he had a home. He was raised in the foster care system, was in and out of juvenile hall as a teenager, and went to prison at 18. Just over a decade later, he got what he had been working toward for years: freedom. This record of Thanh's journey comes from Uncu…
Making Movies in Prison, with Rahsaan Thomas and Thanh Tran
In April, Film Comment published an article by Phillip Vance Smith II, titled “Streaming Behind Bars.” Phillip is an incarcerated writer, and his piece delves into the ways in which people in prison watch movies—the technology they’re able to use, the programming they can access, and the exorbitant…
Even Californians Who Can't Vote Are Focused on the Election
Six-year-old Sumaya Kaur Sidibe beamed with pride when she watched Kamala Harris become Vice President in 2021. She identified with Harris in a big way: she is also mixed race – Indian and Black – and she’s from Oakland. We produced a story about the family preparing for Kamala Harris to take offic…
Uncuffed: I'm Somebody's Hero
Growing up, Uncuffed Producer Thanh Tran never truly felt like he had a home. He was raised in the foster care system, was in and out of juvenile hall as a teenager. And then, shortly after his 18th birthday, he went to prison. Just over a decade later, he got what he had been working toward for ye…
S4, E9 - Finding Home
Getting out of prison is often called 'going home.' But when people have been away from it for so long, the idea of home can be complicated. In this episode, host Greg Eskridge shares three stories from Uncuffed producers about finding a sense of family, community, and shelter in unexpected places …
S4, E11 - One Year Out
It’s been just over a year since Greg Eskridge walked out of the San Quentin gates after spending 30 years in prison, and he has been busy! Greg has spent the year reconnecting with family, navigating parole, and finding new meaning in the concept of home. He is also settling into a new role at wor…
Film Pedagogy as Abolitionist Practice
What does it mean to learn filmmaking as a practice of abolition?
In this first episode of Unmaking the Prison Image, host Pooja Rangan speaks with filmmakers and educators Christopher Harris, Brett Story, and Thanh Tran about how documentary shapes what we think we know about prisons, and how fi…
This Episode Is Being Monitored
Is media made inside prisons (A) a tool of collective empowerment, (B) a promotional vehicle for prisons, (C) an instrument of management, or (D) all of the above?
In this live recording from the “Carceral Media Ecologies—And How To Break Them” symposium at UC, Santa Cruz (May 13, 2026), Visualiz…
Episode 75: Thanh Tran
Thanh Tran is an Amerasian Vietnamese and Black filmmaker, music artist, and community organizer from Sacramento, California. He co-founded Uncuffed, an award-winning podcast amplifying incarcerated voices, and ForwardThis Productions, one of the first film collectives led entirely by incarcerated …
Episode 75: Thanh Tran
Thanh Tran is an Amerasian Vietnamese and Black filmmaker, music artist, and community organizer from Sacramento, California. He co-founded Uncuffed, an award-winning podcast amplifying incarcerated voices, and ForwardThis Productions, one of the first film collectives led entirely by incarcerated …
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