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Mayor of Lowell

Mayor of Lowell

From Refugee to World Leader

2025•15m
AdventureDocumentaryHistoryWar

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.

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EN

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Released

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Sokhary Chau

Mayor of Lowell

Somong Rattanayang

Mayor's Wife

Philip Chau

Mayor's Son

Matthew Chau

Mayor's Son

Erastus Mwangi

Assistant to the Mayor

Sid “Sid Ink” Ou

Tattoo Artist

Bernard Long

Portrait Painter

Yanna Ok

Interim Director, Amherst Media

Kennis Mor

President, Indras' Artistic Creations

Jay Linnehan

President, Greater Lowell Community Foundation

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