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Mayor of Lowell

"From Refugee to World Leader"

2025-03-21 en 15m
AdventureDocumentaryHistoryWar
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.

Executive Producer

Hunter R. Berube

Director of Photography

Murat Metshin

Camera Operator

Dima Mishin

Producer

Kennis Yin-Mor

Assistant Director

Hunter Berube

Assistant Director

Murat Metshin

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