Sal Tran
they/them
Sal Tran is nestled into a landscape with a road, a field of dried grass, trees, and a sunset sky. Sal Tran is a queer Vietnamese person with edgy short hair. They lazily rest a camera against their thigh and wear a blazer, turtleneck, and cargo pants in a pallet that complements the landscape.
Job title
filmmaker   social justice activist  
Identity categories
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queer   Vietnamese   Asian-American   depression  
Places of practice

United States of America

California, United States of America

Oakland, California, United States of America

Oakland, California, United States of America

Images
Sal Tran is nestled into a landscape with a road, a field of dried grass, trees, and a sunset sky. Sal Tran is a queer Vietnamese person with edgy short hair. They lazily rest a camera against their thigh and wear a blazer, turtleneck, and cargo pants in a pallet that complements the landscape.

Sal Tran is nestled into a landscape with a road, a field of dried grass, trees, and a sunset sky. Sal Tran is a queer Vietnamese person with edgy short hair. They lazily rest a camera against their thigh and wear a blazer, turtleneck, and cargo pants in a pallet that complements the landscape.

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Biography

Sal Tran is a queer Vietnamese filmmaker and social justice activist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. They recently directed a short film called XANH. Sal's work is rooted within the power of story telling in film and performative art. They focus on mental health advocacy work within QTAPI communities. Their work has been featured in National Alliance for Mental Illness, Oakland Pride Film Festival, Center for Asian-American Film Festival, As[I]Am Magazine, and many more.

SunKissed Productions. “About Us.” Accessed June 6, 2022. https://sunkissedproductions.com/about-us.
Filmography
  • A person leaning on a concrete wall with a skyline above them.They have light brown skin with tattoos on their right arm. They are wearing a black tank top and a gold chain around their neck. They have short light blue hair and are wearing lipstick looking off to the left. In the skyline above the person, white text reads "XANH: film directed by Sal Tran."

    Xanh

    film/video, 2017

    Director

References
Sal Tran. “Sal Tran.” Accessed April 20, 2023. https://saltran.me/about.