Mayor of Lowell (2025)

Mayor of Lowell (2025)

From Refugee to World Leader 2025-03-21 15 Min. PG-13
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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.

Cast

Sokhary Chau is Mayor of Lowell
Mayor of Lowell
Somong Rattanayang is Mayor's Wife
Mayor's Wife
Philip Chau is Mayor's Son
Mayor's Son
Matthew Chau is Mayor's Son
Mayor's Son
Erastus Mwangi is Assistant to the Mayor
Assistant to the Mayor
Sid “Sid Ink” Ou is Tattoo Artist
Bernard Long is Portrait Painter
Portrait Painter
Yanna Ok is Interim Director, Amherst Media
Interim Director, Amherst Media
Kennis Mor is President, Indras' Artistic Creations
President, Indras' Artistic Creations
Jay Linnehan is President, Greater Lowell Community Foundation
President, Greater Lowell Community Foundation