Author: timfrakes
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Seminex: Memories of a Church Divided, A Documentary by Tim Frakes
Hey all you Lutherans out there. I’ve finally finished Seminex: Memories of a Church Divided, A Documentary by Tim Frakes. It’s a project I’ve been working on for more than a decade. I had no budget for this production. Nothing. It’s all a labor of love, because this is story that needs to be told.…
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Not the Cuban music you were expecting. D`Cámara Opus 5, J. Strauss
With all the hubbub surrounding the recent trend toward normalizing relations with Cuba, I thought I would repost this March, 2011 video I recorded in Matanza, Cuba. My friend Tony Fernandez is the bass player in this wonderful string quintet. D`Cámara Opus 5 is popular in Cuba and has toured in the United States, Europe…
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God’s Glory, Neighbor’s Good: The Story of Pietism
God’s Glory, Neighbors Good is a 6-part documentary film series on the history and legacy of Pietism. This project is being conducted under the aegis of North Park Theological Seminary, and with the support and advocacy of Pietisten magazine. We are inviting you to join us in creating a 6-part documentary film series on the…
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Amir Koushkani – Spiritual Journey
This is a Spiritual Journey segment I produced for 30 Good Minutes, WTTW Channel 11, PBS, Chicago. Amir Koushkani is an Iranian musician a Sufi and a master of the Persian instrument called “tar,” a stringed instrument whose soothing quality is particularly appropriate for music that stirs the spirit.
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India Tsunami, 10 years ago
Thanks Jim Quattrocki for this look back at our with adventure with Kevin Jacobson covering the impact of the January 2004 Tsunami that hit Tamil Nadu, India.
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Sanctuary: Poverty in the Suburbs Full Program
Sanctuary: Poverty in the Suburbs. Full Program. With a per capita income over $37,000 a year, DuPage County is Illinois second wealthiest. Yet those figures mask a growing population living at or below the poverty line. In this edition of Sanctuary we look the People’s Resource Center, one of the largest food pantry programs in…
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2014 Year In Review
Thank you to each of my clients who filled the 2014 journey with laughter, fun and meaningful work. Happy new year!
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Mausoleum of Meher Ali Shah Golra Sharif, Pakistan
Today the world learned that Taliban gunman stormed a military-run school in Peshawar, Pakistan and massacred 141 people, nearly all children. My heart goes out to the vast majority of peace loving Pakistani’s and especially the families of children and staff who lost their lives. This spring I visited a Sufi Shrine, the Mausoleum of…
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Mossarat Qadeem: Mothers Fighting Terror
Malala Yousafzai’s Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech this week recalls a courageous woman I interviewed in Islamabad, Pakistan in 2013 with Intersections International. Mossarate Qadeem is Executive Director of the PAIMAN Alumni Trust. She works with mothers and their son’s who are targets of extremist groups. This is her story.