Name: Mayor of Lowell
Genre: Adventure, Documentary, History, War
Released: 2025-03-21
Duration: 15 min
Cast: Sokhary Chau, Somong Rattanayang, Philip Chau, Matthew Chau, Erastus Mwangi

From Refugee to World Leader

Mayor of Lowell

TMDB NR202515mReleased

Adventure Documentary History War

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.

Director: Hunter Berube
Released: Mar 21, 2025