Mayor of Lowell

From Refugee to World Leader

  • Movie
  • 2025
  • 15m
  • Adventure
  • Documentary
  • History

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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Director
Hunter Berube
Starring
Sokhary Chau, Somong Rattanayang, Philip Chau, Matthew Chau

Cast

  • 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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