Author: timfrakes
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Advocating for the Deaf: Rehema’s Testimony
Advocating for the Deaf: Rehema’s Testimony CBM US, asked me to record this story at a disabilities forum at Gallaudet University in Washington D.C. The event took place in advance of the 2012 International AIDS Conference. Rehema works with Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation in Tanzania (CCBRT), the largest indigenous provider of disability and rehabilitation services…
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Colorado Zip Line
Went on my first zip line at Lutheran Valley Retreat near Divide, Colorado last week while on a shoot with Bethesda Lutheran Communities. The campers were zipping down the mountain, so I needed a shot from their perspective. It’s like a ski lift in wild reverse!
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Sharing Sacred Spaces: Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions
This 2012 video, “Sharing Sacred Spaces” was a project for the Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions recorded at Federal Plaza in Chicago’s Loop.
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Tim Frakes Production airs on ABC 7, Chicago
ABC, WLS-TV, Channel 7 Chicago broadcast a program I produced during the May NATO Summit on Sunday, June 18, 2012. Sanctuary, a production of the Greater Chicago Broadcast Ministries is an in-depth documentary program on issues and ideas at the intersection of life and faith that airs every Sunday morning at 11:30 a.m. This edition,…
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Sancutary: Ethics Summit Full Program
The Greater Chicago Broadcast Ministries is the leader in ecumenical Emmy Award winning television on Chicago’s commercial stations. Sanctuary is a half-hour documentary format with Tim Frakes Produtions on ABC-Channel 7, WLS-TV. Host Lydia Talbot and contributing editors interview leading interfaith voices on critical issues inreligion and culture.
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Meeting Photojournalist John H. White
While on a shoot in Chicago’s Federal Plaza for the Council for a Parliament of World Religions, producer Kathy Dale McNair introduced me to Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist John H. White. Mr. White is a legend in Chicago journalism circles a true gentleman an a wonderful artist. I mentioned that I had first seen John…
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Death of Harold Washington
November 25, 1987 we were recording the lighting of the Salvation Army Christmas Tree near Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago when we learned that Mayor Harold Washington has suffered a heart attack. This is the first national news story I worked on as a young producer with WCFC-TV 38 Chicago. Wade Bobbitt ran camera as…
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Eboo Patel on Millennials and the 2012 Election
. This is an excerpt from an interview I recorded in May, 2012 for Odyssey Networks with Eboo Patel, Founder and President of Interfaith Youth Core.
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Christian History Magazine and People of Faith
Christian History Magazine, a publication of Christian History Institute, has devoted a full issue to People of Faith: Christianity in America, a documentary series currently being distributed by Vision Video/Gateway Films. You may read the full on-line edition at Christianmistorymagazine.org The magazine makes an excellent companion study guide for adult and young adult groups who…
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Cornerstone 89 Family Reunion
In the summer of 1989 I produced this half hour documentary while working for WCFC-TV38 Chicago. Cornerstone is a Christian Rock music festival connected with Jesus People USA. We recorded this at the Lake County Fair Grounds in Grays Lake, Illinois. Interviews include event coordinator Henry Huang, rockers Charlie Peacock, Margaret Becker, Glen Kaiser (REZ…