Category: Africa
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Exorcism in Madagascar
I recorded this footage at a spiritual revival camp, known as a Toby, in Southern Madagascar. The Nenilava Toby is one of the largest camps in Madagascar. The camp is part of the ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Madagascar (ELMC). The ELMC has a unique approach to spiritual and physical care of people…
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Ready to Forgive: An African Story of Grace
Jim Quattrocki and I produced this documentary in Northern Uganda in October, 2006. Kevin Jacobson helped with logistics. Jim Parks edited the program and wrote some of the music. This is an African story of God’s amazing grace. Northern Uganda has been at war for twenty years. Those most affected, a tribal people known as…
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Night Commuters in Northern Uganda
This short clip is from a documentary I am producing for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. It will air on NBC next fall. Each night hundreds of children come to night commuter centers run by the Church of Uganda. The are looking for a safe place to spend the night. Tim Frakes Productions is…
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Ziway, Ethiopia with Food for the Hungry
In February, 2007 I was in Ziway, Ethiopia with Food for the Hungry (FH). FH is a Phoenix Arizona based Christian relief and development organization. I put together this short documentary about our trip.
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Lake Flies, Bukoba Tanzania
Bukoba, Tanzania is located along the shores of Lake Victoria. In May you can witness the hatching of the Lake Flies… clouds of them. If you’ve ever seen a Mayfly hatch, you know what I mean. Lake Flies are about the size of a mosquito, but they don’t seem to bite. We stayed at a…
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From Coffins to Hope: AIDS in Africa
Fall 2001 MOSAIC, the video Magazine of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Frequently, Africa is portrayed as a continent of war, famine, and disease. That is easy to understand. The continent has the highest portion of HIV/AIDS victims. Over 25 million are HIV positive. MOSAIC went to Africa to collect stories of individuals and…
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Africans, the real Church growth experts
Fall 2001 MOSAIC, the video magazine of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Christianity is both an old and new religion in Africa. According to Acts 9 Christianity has been in Ethiopia from the beginning, while it has been in Tanzania for only a hundred years. Both churches, however, have something in common: rapid growth.…
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A Century in Madagascar
Kevin Jacobson, his brother John and I went to Madagascar September 12-22, 1998 to record two programs “Walking Together in Global Mission” and “A Century in Madagascar.” American Lutheran missionaries Stan and Kathie Quanbeck were part of a continuous family legacy that served in Madagascar for 100 years. It’s a legacy that helped build an…
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The IMCK Story
In 1987 Julie Frakes and I produced this documentary about the Institut Médical Chrétien du Kasaï (IMCK) in Tshikaji, near Kananga in rural Zaire. Today, Zaire is known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. At the time I was a young producer working with WCFC TV-38 in Chicago and still had a lot to…