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 stream 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] Paula Williams Madison identifies herself as part Chinese, reflecting her diverse heritage that includes African, Chinese, and Jamaican roots, embodying her complex and varied background. [7]

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