Rebecca Sommer
Encyclopedia
Rebecca Sommer is a German artist, journalist, photographer,
documentary filmmaker, and human rights activist. She is the
representative for the Indigenous Department USA of the Society for Threatened Peoples http://www.gfbv.de/, an international NGO in special consultative status to the
United Nations
(ECOSOC), and in participatory status with the Council
of Europe. She founded Earth Peoples http://www.earthpeoples.org, a global circle of
indigenous peoples working together to promote the natural and human
rights of indigenous peoples.
Rebecca Sommer earns her living as an artist http://www.magnusmuller.com/index4_e.php and works in
beauty, fashion, print and film, and has worked as the editor-at-large
for magazines such as Scene, Madison, and Spirit while living in Germany, India,
Great Britain, Brazil, South Africa and the USA.
documentary filmmaker, and human rights activist. She is the
representative for the Indigenous Department USA of the Society for Threatened Peoples http://www.gfbv.de/, an international NGO in special consultative status to the
United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
(ECOSOC), and in participatory status with the Council
of Europe. She founded Earth Peoples http://www.earthpeoples.org, a global circle of
indigenous peoples working together to promote the natural and human
rights of indigenous peoples.
Rebecca Sommer earns her living as an artist http://www.magnusmuller.com/index4_e.php and works in
beauty, fashion, print and film, and has worked as the editor-at-large
for magazines such as Scene, Madison, and Spirit while living in Germany, India,
Great Britain, Brazil, South Africa and the USA.
Filmography
- Work-in-progress - United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peopleshttp://www.earthpeoples.org/new/declaration-ip/index.php,
- Eliminated Without Bleedinghttp://www.rebeccasommer.org/documentaries/Khmer-Krom/index.php received the New York Festivals International Film & Video Award, Documentaries 2008, Official Selection: Lowell Film Festival. http://www.lowellma.gov/eventitems/lowell-film-festival.
- Hunted Like Animals http://rebeccasommer.org/documentaries/Hmong/index.php received the WorldFest 2008 SILVER REMI Award and naiff GRAND PRIX, 2009. Official Selection: Shen Zhou International Film Festival; Eau Claire Progressive Film Festival; The International Filmmakers Festival; Tri Continental Film Festival; Amnesty International Film Festival;.
- Thary, a day in my Village in Vietnamhttp://rebeccasommer.org/childrens-films/Thary/index.php Official Selection:Danville International Film Festival, KIdsFirst! Film Festival, 2008.
- The United Nations and Indigenous Peoples, Vol. 1 http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/en/multimedia.html received the New York Festivals International Film & Video Award, 2007. Official Selection: Montreal Human Rights Film Festival; Oxford Brookes University Human Rights Film Festival; Human Rights Film Festival Aotearoa New Zealand; Musee des Confluences.
External links
- SommerFilms.org - filmmakers website featuring video clips, news, and other information about her work.
- EarthPeoples.org
- RebeccaSommer.com personal website featuring commercials, artwork, photos and other information about her work.
- MagnusMuller.com website of MagnusMueller Gallery, that represents her art work.