Mayor of Lowell (2025)
15m
Running Time
March 21, 2025Release Date

Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

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 / 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
Thanks

The Chau Family
Thanks

Marisa Kelly
Thanks

Carla Rojo
Thanks

Erastus Mwangi
Thanks

Sid “Sid Ink” Ou
Tattooist

Bernard Long
Painter

Yanna Ok
Thanks

Jay Linnehan
Thanks

Maddox Yang
Thanks

Ida Borin
Thanks

Audrey Soun
Thanks

Thyda Tang
Thanks

Nathon Vannabouathong
Thanks

Kennis Yin-Mor
Choreographer

Nailea Sanchez
Thanks

Newburyport Documentary Film Festival
Thanks

Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University
Thanks

DARE to Ima9ne International Short Film Festival
Thanks

Forty First Studios
Thanks

Phil Sisson
Thanks

Virak Uy
Thanks

Sokhary Chau
Thanks

Hunter R Berube
Writer

Kayla Dalton
Writer / Co-Director

Murat Metshin
Writer
Media.

Details.
Release DateMarch 21, 2025
StatusReleased
Running Time15m
Content RatingG
Genres
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