Sacha Sommer’s Work on Call and Response: A Concert to End Slavery

Sacha Sommer, most well known as owner and founder of Arawak Pictures, Inc., contributed his production expertise and skills to humanitarian effort through the multimedia documentary film Call & Response: A Concert to End Slavery. As 1^st assistant director on the project, Sacha Sommer helped publicize the influence of slavery on the world today, as the public continues to be unaware of the fact that in the 21^st century, the slave trade is larger than it has been at any other point in history.

On the Staff of Call and Response, Sacha Sommer worked with well-known political and humanitarian figures like Daryl Hannah, Madeleine Albright, Ashley Judd, and Nicholas D. Kristoff. The documentary also involved a concert starring Moby, Imogen Heap, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Five for Fighting, Talib Kweli, and other stars invested in stopping the slave trade and supporting non-profit organizations. Sacha Sommer directed and produced a music video stemming from the concert, which received significant popularity and helped the get the artists’ message about stopping sex trafficking, labor slavery, and the use of child soldiers around the world.

Sacha Sommer has also been involved in other humanitarian efforts, most notably the effort to provide aid to the victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti. In fighting the effects of the destruction, Sacha Sommer has teamed up with the president of Haiti, Michelle Martelly, and Foundation Rose et Blanc to bring supplies, water, food, shelter, and medical treatment to those most affected by the destruction wrought by the earthquake. In the past, Sacha Sommer had filmed a documentary about the invasion of Hait by the United States, and in the wake of the earthquake, is directing and producing a video about the magnitude of destruction and the need for international aid, alongside Haiti’s Organization of Economic Development.