
Mayor of Lowell
From Refugee to World Leader
2025 en 15 minutes
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Plot
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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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