Finding Samuel Lowe: From Harlem to China

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Finding Samuel Lowe: From Harlem to China
Directed byJeanette Kong
Written byJeanette Kong
Produced byJeanette Kong
Starring Paula Williams Madison
Elrick Williams
Howard Williams
CinematographyMartin Proctor
Edited byJane MacRae
Release date
  • 25 July 2014 (2014-07-25)
(Jamaica)
Running time
88 minutes
CountriesJamaica
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]

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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]

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References

  1. "Finding Samuel Lowe". Finding Samuel Lowe official website. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  2. "Finding Samuel Lowe: From Harlem to China: Asia Society Documentary Film Series". Finding Samuel Lowe official website. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  3. "DOC WORLD: Finding Samuel Lowe". WGBH Educational Foundation. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  4. Wood, Ximón. "Golden Anniversary Visionary Awards Dinner and Silent Auction". East West Players. Archived from the original on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  5. "Finding Samuel Lowe". CENTER FOR ASIAN AMERICAN MEDIA. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  6. "Finding Samuel Lowe". The Africa Channel. Retrieved 22 October 2020.