Sacha Sommer’s Humanitarian Efforts

Movie producer and director Sacha Sommer is dedicated to contributing to humanitarian aid efforts around the world. Sacha Sommer has been most notably involved in such efforts in Haiti, where he lived from 1995–2001. Sacha Sommer’s interest in humanitarian relief and education about conditions in various disadvantaged places around the world began when he moved to Haiti in 1995 to film a documentary. While shooting “Intervention Chronicles of Terror,” a film about the United States’ takeover and invasion of the previously independent island nation of Haiti, Sacha Sommer became involved in efforts to restore aspects of lost culture in Haiti, and helped his neighbors find employment through establishing the country’s first casting and modeling agency.

In 2010, when Haiti was devastated by a catastrophic earthquake with its epicenter only 16 miles from the bustling city of Port-au-Prince, Sacha Sommer returned to his former home, working with the Haitian president to help the 300,000 injured and 1,000,000 homeless residents of Haiti gain access to supply and rebuild their decimated lives. Sacha Sommer filmed another Haitian documentary to publicize relief efforts and show the world the effect that the earthquake had on life in Haiti, and he donated his time and money to the relief organization, Foundation Rose et Blanc.

Sacha Sommer has also contributed to a number of other humanitarian efforts. Recently, Sacha Sommer donated his production expertise to the multimedia concert/documentary Call & Response: A Concert to End Slavery, which featured Daryl Hannah and musical artists such as Moby, Imogen Heap, Five for Fighting, Nickel Creek, and Cold War Kids. This documentary endeavored to bring attention to the fact that today, more people are enslaved around the world than ever before in human history.

In his humanitarian efforts, Sacha Sommer has employed the far reaching abilities of film to bring attention to previously disregarded, ignored, or unknown issues. He is in post-production with a documentary called "Haiti: Aftershock," chronicling the Haiti Earthquake.