| Finding Samuel Lowe: From Harlem to China | |
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| Directed by | Jeanette Kong |
| Written by | Jeanette Kong |
| Produced by | Jeanette Kong |
| Starring | Paula Williams Madison Elrick Williams Howard Williams |
| Cinematography | Martin Proctor |
| Edited by | Jane MacRae |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Countries | Jamaica USA |
| Language | English |
Finding Samuel Lowe: From Harlem to China, is a 2015 Jamaican documentary film directed and produced by Jeanette Kong. [1] The film revolves around the a former television executive, Paula Williams Madison and her two older brothers; Elrick and Howard Williams go on a search to find out what happened to their Chinese maternal grandfather Samuel Lowe, who left their Chinese-Jamaican mother Nell Vera Lowe Williams, in the 1930s in Jamaica. Nell travelled to the United States from Jamaica in 1945. [2] [3]
The film received positive reviews and won several awards at international film festivals. [4] Its national premiere was on May 14, 2017 World Channel’s Doc World and was streamed online for free from May 15–June 13, 2017. [5] The film had its screening on 8 February 2014 at Pan African Film Festival. [6]