Category: Tim Frakes Productions
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The Rock Churches of Gokyurt, Turkey
High on a hilltop in rural Turkey is the ancient village of Gokyurt. It is called Lystra in the Bible. The book of Acts tells us that Paul and Barnabas were hailed as Gods when they healed a lame man here around 64 A.D. Later, the town’s folk turned on them and they were stoned.…
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Eskimo Sunrise
We land on a gravel airstrip outside Brevig Mission, Alaska. It is a rainy September afternoon. Brevig is a fishing village located on the Seward Peninsular, 80 miles northwest of Nome. We spend the afternoon getting settled. In the evening, Eskimo friends invite us home for an evening of hymn singing. Around 9p.m. the party…
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Sadarghat Boat Terminal, Dhaka, Bangladesh
The Buriganga River runs through Dhaka, Bangladesh. Friends and I visited the Sadarghat Boat Terminal. Bangladesh is a nation of rivers. Much of the country is under water. During the monsoon, nearly all of it is under water. Bangladesh has a lot of boats. Thousands of crafts congregate at the Sadarghat Boat Terminal. Big ships,…
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Making Gravel in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Think you have a lousy job? Take a look at these guys making gravel at a construction site in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Dhaka is the capitol and principal city of Bangladesh. Many live on less than a dollar a day.
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Strategic Air & Space Museum
On my way home from a shoot in Ashland, Nebraska, I stopped by the Strategic Air & Space Museum. The Strategic Air Command (SAC) was in charge of America’s land-based bomber aircraft and land-based ballistic missile strategic nuclear arsenal during the Cold War. My parent’s neighbor and friend, Don Brook was a SAC pilot. Don…
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Effigy Mounds National Monument
Effigy Mounds National Monument is located in North East Iowa along the banks of the Mississippi River. In the centuries before Columbus arrived from Europe, a mysterious native culture built thousands of dirt mounds across the Upper Midwestern Untied States. Often, these mounds took the shape of animals; birds, bears, etc. Effigy Mounds National Monument…
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Streetlights Music Video
In February 2007 I visited Ziway, Ethiopia with Food for the Hungry. We were shooting footage for a music video with the Christian band “Willet“. Here are the results.www.frakesproductions.com Tim Frakes Productions is a full service video production company specializing in single camera, documentary productions for corporate and non-profit clients. www.frakesproductions.com
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Internally Displaced Persons in Kenya
Last month I was in Nairobi, Kenya. My friend George Arende took us to an IDP (Internally Displaced Person) camp outside the Madera Slum. Following the national elections in December, ethnic/tribal violence erupted across Kenya. Typically, it is the poor who suffer the most. The people in this video were forced to flee their slum…
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Tim Frakes At Luther College
Next week I will be speaking at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. My friend, Dr. Mark Johns asked me to come out and share some of my travel wisdom, or lack there of… Here is a news release from the college.Videographer Tim Frakes to serve as Sense of Vocation visitor April 7-9Tuesday, March 18, 2008Public…
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Chennai India after the Tsunami
A month after the December 26, 2004 Tsunami that rocked countries bordering the Indian Ocean, I visited Chennai, India. Chennai, formerly known as Madras, is a city in Tamil Nadu. Chennai was hit by the wave, and was just beginning to recover when we arrived. Judging from this footage, it is hard to tell that…