Category: Tim Frakes Productions
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LSSI Amicus Certus Transforming Lives for 150 Years
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois, one of my favorite clients, asked me to produce their annual Amicus Certus video about the great work with Post-Adoption, Adoption Preservation, Search and Reunion Services and Birth Mother’s Support Groups. When a cholera epidemic hit Northwest Illinois over 150 years ago, Lutheran congregations rallied together responding to the needs…
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Coming up for air!
Greetings! 2017 has been among the busiest of my professional career. Good thing I love what I do! The year started off wrapping up our new documentary God’s Glory, Neighbors Good, the story of Pietism. This 75 minute documentary tells the story of the reformation after the reformation. It took three years, shoots in Sweden,…
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Command Mechanical Group
Here is a video I produced for Excel Marketing and their client, Command Mechanical Group (CMG). CMG is a self-performing Minority and Service Disabled Veteran owned mechanical contractor.
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Sister Judith and 50,000 Aids Orphans
Thursday, May 24, 2001 This is a story Jim Quattrocki, Kevin Jacobson and I produced in Bukoba, Tanzania with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania. Sister Judith worked with the ELCT’s HIV/Aids program known as OSSA. She was a saint. We followed three orphan children (HIV positive) as they went for water. The fresh water…
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Modern Christian Martyrs
Kidnapped, tortured, their priest murdered, a Syrian family is forced to flee, finding asylum here in the United States. In this edition of Sanctuary I produced for Greater Chicago Broadcast Ministries, we meet the Alkhoury family, and take a closer look at growing evidence of widespread persecution of religious minorities, as well as efforts by…
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Caesar Giovannini Testimony
Recently I interviewed Chicago born pianist, band arranger and composer Caesar Giovannini for Lutheran Life Communities. Caesar is a resident at the Lutheran Home in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Giovannini gained fame in the 1950’s through appearances on the Dave Garroway Show. He also served for two years as music director for the Kukla, Fran and…
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Leaders For The Next – Chicago Theological Seminary June 2017
Here is a video I produced for 31 Lengths, a New York based ad agency. Our client is the Chicago Theological Seminary. CTS is committed to preparing leaders for the Next generation of ministry by teaching a progressive, forward-thinking, philosophy. We recorded stories with CTS graduates here in Chicago, Montgomery, Alabama and Portland, Maine. CTS…
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Franciscan Outreach
Here is a video I produced for Franciscan Outreach, one of the oldest and largest providers for men and women who are homeless in the Chicago area. For more than 53 years, Franciscan Outreach has provided men and women experiencing homelessness with the critical services they need to improve their lives. Franciscan Outreach meets people…
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US Pakistani Interreligious Consortium (UPIC) Retrospective -2017
The US Pakistani Interreligious Consortium (UPIC) Retrospective -2017 was created for the Intersections 10th Anniversary Intersections International Gala. The video covers four trips I made to Pakistan with Intersections between 2013 and 2017. Writer/Editor: Kierra Parlagreco; Camera/Sound: Tim Frakes; Voice Over: Kat Harrington; Sound Mix and Design: Kelly E. Harnett; Music: VideoHelper
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Intersections International US Pakistani Interreligious Consortium (UPIC) 2017 Stories
Here is a piece I produced in Pakistan in March 2017 for Intersections International. Intersections led a group of more than 30 delegates from 12 countries to Pakistan (Lahore and Islamabad) as part of the ongoing US-Pakistan Interreligious Consortium (UPIC) program. UPIC brings religious and academic scholars from the US and Pakistan together to foster…