Mayor of Lowell

From Refugee to World Leader

15 mins
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.

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

Hunter R. Berube

Executive Producer

Murat Metshin

Director of Photography

Dima Mishin

Camera Operator

Kennis Yin-Mor

Producer

Hunter Berube

Assistant Director

Murat Metshin

Assistant Director

Kayla Dalton

Producer

Gabryl Adarne

Music Producer

Kennis Yin-Mor

Music Producer

Tyler Fennyery

Editor

Hunter Berube

Sound

Kayla Dalton

Sound

Murat Metshin

Sound

Dima Mishin

Sound

Anim Osmani

Camera Operator

Keegan Gralia

Production Assistant

Lidya Shewarega

Production Assistant

Isabella LePine

Production Assistant

Jerry Glendye

Thanks

Daniel C. Weidknecht

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The Chau Family

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Marisa Kelly

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Carla Rojo

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Erastus Mwangi

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Sid “Sid Ink” Ou

Tattooist

Bernard Long

Painter

Yanna Ok

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Jay Linnehan

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Maddox Yang

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Ida Borin

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Audrey Soun

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Thyda Tang

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Nathon Vannabouathong

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Kennis Yin-Mor

Choreographer

Nailea Sanchez

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Newburyport Documentary Film Festival

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Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University

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DARE to Ima9ne International Short Film Festival

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Forty First Studios

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Phil Sisson

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Virak Uy

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Sokhary Chau

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Hunter R Berube

Writer

Kayla Dalton

Writer

Murat Metshin

Writer

Hunter Berube

Director

Kayla Dalton

Co-Director

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