Author: timfrakes
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2018 Year in Review
Whew! 2018 was a busy year. Here’s a grateful rundown. The year started off working with Chris Meyer from Orange Flux to produce a series of stories for Lutheran Child and Family Services. Jim Parks and I continued to work with Northwestern Medicine producing a video on NM Supportive Communications at Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital. Lutheran…
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Chicago Theological Seminary Leaders for the Next
Here is a video I helped Michael Jordan from 31 Lengths and Susan Mooney Cusick produce from Chicago Theological Seminary‘s Leaders for the Next campaign.
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Sheldon Peck, An Ordinary Man in Extraordinary Times
Here is a promo for the Greater Chicago Broadcast Ministries airing of our new documentary, Sheldon Peck, And Ordinary Man in Extraordinary Times. The half hour broadcast version will air every Sunday at noon in December (beginning this Sunday) on ABC 7.2 Live Well Network Chicago. A longer version will be offered on DVD this…
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Sheldon Peck, Portrait of an Ordinary Man in Extraordinary Times
Here is a promo trailer for a new documentary I’m producing with the Lombard Historical Society on the life of Lombard, Illinois most famous son, 19th century primitive portrait artist, radical abolitionist, progressive temperance and public education advocate and conductor on the underground railroad, Sheldon Peck. Sheldon Peck, Portrait of an Ordinary Man in Extraordinary…
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LSSI 2018 Amicus Certus, Whole Person Care
Here is a video I produced for Lutheran Social Services of Illinois for their 37th Amicus Certus Celebration. LSSI takes a whole person approach to care. In all of LSSI”s programs, whether providing foster care services for children, home care for seniors, or residences for adults with developmental disabilities, LSSI seeks to address not just…
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WCFC TV-38 Teen Challenge Temporary Move
Dipping into the wayback machine, I dug up the last story I produced at WCFC TV38 in late 1989. TV-38 was in the process of purchasing land and building a new facility at 38 South Peoria on Chicago’s near West side. At the same time, their rented facilities at 1 North Wacker Drive were slated…
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Frederick Douglass Doing a Great Job
Here is a silver lining. On February 1, 2017, President Donald Trump praised 19th century abolitionist Frederick Douglass (1818 – 1895) at a Black History Month White House event as someone “who’s done an amazing job that is being recognized more and more.” On August 9, 2018, I interviewed Kenneth B. Morris, the great-great-great grandson…
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Sheldon Peck Documentary off to a good start
Today was fun. Recorded an interview with Kenneth B. Morris at the American Writers Museum in Chicago. Morris descends from two of the most influential names in American history: he is the great-great-great grandson of Frederick Douglass (he looks just like him) and the great-great-grandson of Booker T. Washington. It’s part of a new documentary…
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Catholic Theological Union, 2018 Catholics on Call
One of the things I love most about my job is the broad theological diversity of clients and the projects they ask me to produce. Catholic Theological Union (CTU) asked me to produce this short video about their annual “Catholics on Call” summer workshop. Catholics on Call is a national vocation discovery program of The…
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RTO Property FixNFlips
Bill Powers from RTO Property asked me to help him document the process of “flipping” a residential real estate property. Flipping is a term used to describe purchasing a revenue-generating asset and quickly reselling (or “flipping”) it for profit. RTO is a property consulting company based in Waukegan, IL. They manage 200+ units, mostly single…