Author: timfrakes
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Palm Sunday Jerusalem
Christian pilgrims from around the world join local Palestinian Christians as they gather on the Mount of Olives overlooking the Old City waving palm and olive branches and processing along the traditional route taken by Jesus of Nazareth on his triumphal entry into Jerusalem. This year (2014) both the Western and Eastern Christian calendars coincide…
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After Prison – Panel Discussion and Dialogue
After Prison: Responding with Faith is a new documentary I produced for the Chicago Sunday Evening Club for WTTW Channel 11. The documentary premieres on WTTW HD on Thursday, April 3rd at 9pm. It will be rebroadcast on WTTW Prime on Friday, April 4th at 3pm, and Sunday, April 6th at 6pm. The program features…
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What’s Tim Up To? Spring 2014
It’s been a busy and very interesting winter and and spring and I would like to share some of my experiences with you and extend an invitation to watch two of my projects on broadcast television here in Chicago. This winter I’ve been working with the Chicago Sunday Evening Club to produce a one hour…
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UPIC 2014 Critical Thinking Forum
This is one in a series of videos I produced for Intersections International in Islamabad, Pakistan, March 10-15, 2014. Dr. Munazza Yaqoob from the International Islamic University in Islamabad, Pakistan heads the Critical Thinking Forum, a kind of interdisciplinary think-tank for young Pakistani women. The US-Pakistan Interreligious Consortium seeks to cooperatively set an action agenda…
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State Supreme Court strikes down eavesdropping law
The Illinois Supreme Court today, struck down the state’s eavesdropping law, one of the strictest in the nation that made audio recording of any person, even in public, illegal unless that person gave their consent. This represents a huge victory for independent video producers like myself who potentially expose themselves to criminal prosecution for simply…
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UPIC 2014 Ali Tariq Testimony
Here is an interview I did for Intersections International with Ali Tariq, a consultant with the Iqbal International Institute for Research and Dialogue at International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan. Ali discusses his 2014 visit to the US and his perceptions of Americans prior to and after his first visit. Reflecting on his experiences and interactions…
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After Prison, Responding With Faith
Broadcast Premier! “After Prison, Responding With Faith”, Thursday, April 3, 9:00 p.m. WTTW Channel 11, PBS, Chicago. The Chicago Sunday Evening Club presents a new, one-hour television documentary profiling three faith-based responses to life after prison. My friends Jim Quattrocki, Darren Harrison and Sandy Sticha helped to produce this hopeful look at faithful responses to…
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Gloomy Day in Chicago
Gloomy day in Chicago. Inbound Metra train to Ogilvie Transportation Center. Panasonic Lumix GH3, Peleng 8mm f/3.5 Fisheye Lens.
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Sanctuary, Chicago’s Christians from the East
Western Christians, both Catholic and Protestant, often overlook and sometimes even disregard their Eastern brothers and sisters – even when those Christians suffer persecution, become refugees and then live among us. In this documentary His Grace, Bishop Demetrios the auxiliary bishop of Mokissosof the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago, will introduce to us Coptic, Assyrian…