Mayor of Lowell

Mar 21, 2025

0h 15m

★ 0.0

From Refugee to World Leader

Overview

This short documentary chronicles the culture and arts of Cambodian Americans and the Lowell, MA community through the eyes of Sokhary Chau, the first Cambodian American Mayor in the United States. Chau immigrated to the U.S. at seven years old to escape the Khmer Rouge genocide. Through this unique story that showcases the best of Lowell—immigrant success, assimilation, history, and the development of the arts—we see a man born into a war-torn country who comes to America to be a first-in-the-nation leader.

Genres

Adventure

Documentary

History

War

Mayor of Lowell Trailers

Cast

Mayor of Lowell

Sokhary Chau

Mayor's Wife

Somong Rattanayang

Mayor's Son

Philip Chau

Mayor's Son

Matthew Chau

Assistant to the Mayor

Erastus Mwangi

Tattoo Artist

Sid “Sid Ink” Ou

Portrait Painter

Bernard Long

Interim Director, Amherst Media

Yanna Ok

President, Indras' Artistic Creations

Kennis Mor

President, Greater Lowell Community Foundation

Jay Linnehan

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