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
as Mayor of Lowell
Somong Rattanayang
as Mayor's Wife
Philip Chau
as Mayor's Son
Matthew Chau
as Mayor's Son
Erastus Mwangi
as Assistant to the Mayor
Sid “Sid Ink” Ou
as Tattoo Artist
Bernard Long
as Portrait Painter
Yanna Ok
as Interim Director, Amherst Media
Kennis Mor
as President, Indras' Artistic Creations
Jay Linnehan
as President, Greater Lowell Community Foundation
