Author: timfrakes
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Walmart Public Action – Together Building a Just Economy
This is a story I produced for Davidoff Communications and the Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education (SCUPE). Standing up for dignity and respect at Walmart. Participants in SCUPE and Interfaith Worker Justice’s joint conferences traveled to three Chicago-area Walmart stores to stand in active solidarity with the Making Change at Walmart Campaign and the…
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Three Stories Honoring Veterans
Here are three stories I produced with American veterans. Each reflect an attitude of humble service, typical of folks from the generation of Americans who grew up in the 1930s and 40s and served their country with honor and distinction. Anna Hauge was a Navy nurse on board the USS Tranquility, the hospital ship that…
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ACT3 Network Video
Does Christian unity matter to you? Happy to be working with John H. Armstrong and the ACT3 Network. Here is a new video I produced for and with John, describing his vision of Missional Ecumenism and Christian Unity. What John has to say, might surprise you!
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Farewell to the ISAE
The Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals at Wheaton College has been a wonderful client. Here is a farewell video I produced for them on the occasion of the closing of the institute. Many thanks to Larry Eskridge and Edith Blumhoffer for their support on projects like People of Faith: Christianity in America, Saving…
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West Chicago family featured in documentary about immigration reform
Evan Shields, a reporter for the West Chicago Suburban Life filed this story on “Divided Families, Responding with Faith” a 1-hour documentary I shot and edited for the Chicago Sunday Evening Club. Coincidentally, I began my career back in the late 1970’s at the West Chicago Press! The program aired on WTTW, Channel 11, PBS,…
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Divided Families, Responding With Faith
Full Program, 56 minutes This hour-long documentary I shot and edited for the Chicago Sunday Evening Club explores the impact of current US immigration policies on Amy and Carlos, a young family from West Chicago. The program first aired on WTTW, Channel 11, PBS, Chicago on October 16, 2014. Because Carlos was brought to the…
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Country says ‘you can’t be a family’
Here is a story by reporter Marlen Garcia in the Chicago Sun Times about a new documentary I shot and edited for the Chicago Sunday Evening Club. The 1 hour program aired last night on WTTW Channel 11, PBS Chicago at 9:00 p.m. By MARLEN GARCIA October 16, 2014 5:58PM Shortly after Amy Godoy-Guerra married…
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Divided Families, Responding with Faith Promo
Premieres, WTTW Channel 11, PBS, Chicago, Thursday, October 16, 9p.m. This hour-long documentary I shot and edited for the Chicago Sunday Evening Club explores the impact of current US immigration policies on Amy and Carlos, a young family from West Chicago. Because Carlos was brought to the US illegally from Mexico as a child, they…
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World Relief DuPage/Aurora, Glen Ellyn Evangelical Covenant Church
This is a video I produced for World Relief DuPage/Aurora. It’s the story of Glen Ellyn Evangelical Covenant Church and the transformation that occurred when they welcomed two distinct refugee communities into the life of their congregation.
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Sanctuary, Healing in a Holy Land ELCA News Release
Sanctuary, Healing in a Holy Land from Tim Frakes on Vimeo. Augusta Victoria Hospital featured in documentary By Candice Buchbinder, ELCA News Augusta Victoria Hospital, located on the Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem, is featured in a documentary, “Healing in a Holy Land,” produced by Frakes Productions. Augusta Victoria is a program of The…