Mayor of Lowell
Mayor of Lowell

Mayor of Lowell

2025-03-21 | 15 min

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

Cast

Sokhary Chau

Sokhary Chau

Somong Rattanayang

Somong Rattanayang

Philip Chau

Philip Chau

Matthew Chau

Matthew Chau

Erastus Mwangi

Erastus Mwangi

Sid “Sid Ink” Ou

Sid “Sid Ink” Ou

Bernard Long

Bernard Long

Yanna Ok

Yanna Ok

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