Category: Documentary
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Sanctuary: Poverty in the Suburbs Full Program
Sanctuary: Poverty in the Suburbs. Full Program. With a per capita income over $37,000 a year, DuPage County is Illinois second wealthiest. Yet those figures mask a growing population living at or below the poverty line. In this edition of Sanctuary we look the People’s Resource Center, one of the largest food pantry programs in…
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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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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…
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Healing in a Holy Land: New Broadcast Documentary, ABC7 Chicago
Healing in a Holy Land How about some good news from the Middle East! The Lutheran World Federation (LWF)-run Augusta Victoria Hospital (AVH) in Jerusalem provides life-saving healthcare to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, and is the subject of a new documentary I produced for Greater Chicago Broadcast Ministries. The AVH is an…
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American Friends of Pakistan
Here is a short video I produced for Intersections International in Islamabad, Pakistan this spring for Intersection’s annual gala event in New York City. This video is not without irony. My flight to Islamabad few directly over Kandahar Airfield, where my son is currently deployed with the US Army 4th ID where he serves in…
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Picture This!
Picture This: The Lutheran, May, 2014 issue published a photo I took for the Lutheran World Federation Jerusalem Program recently. The story features Palestinian clown doctor Izza Natsheh with Red Nose Clown Doctors International as he performs for a child in the Lutheran World Federation’s Augusta Victoria Hospital. Laughter is good medicine! The videos we…