Hannah Tran (she/her) is a Vietnamese-American documentary filmmaker from Denver, Colorado. Over the years, her experience in visual storytelling, journalism, and documentary film has exposed her to a wide spectrum of identities, cultures, and communities. As a result, she better understands the nuances and complexities that come with every community. This has deepened her concern to critically evaluate her positionality and approaches in the storytelling process.
Hannah has received national recognition for her work as a journalist and as a senior video/digital media producer at Colorado State University. She has received awards from the Asian American Journalists Association, the National Press Photographers Association, and the Telly Awards. Hannah's recent work explores cultural preservation, identity, and adaptation within displaced and diasporic communities, drawing inspiration and knowledge from her family's experiences as Vietnam War refugees.
In addition to making documentaries, Hannah works closely with Colorado State University's cultural centers to create videos that highlight a variety of student perspectives, especially those that engage in social critique and address systemic issues in their lived and academic lives. From CSU to her freelance work, Hannah is especially drawn to stories of future changemakers that disrupt and challenge dominant frameworks that are reductive for underserved communities
Hannah is the proud owner of her LLC, Lionheart Narratives, inspired by her childhood’s favorite animal: the lion. The lion represents courage and protection. Hannah gravitates towards stories of those who experience fragmentation of the mind and spirit through life’s hardships and injustices. She finds this is an ode to stories of courageous resistance and the reclamation and protection of the wholeness of the heart.
Visit Hannah's website and LLC: LionheartNarratives.com
