Category: Travel
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Nekemte, Ethiopia, Sunday Morning
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Jim Quattrocki and I recorded this footage in Nekemte, Ethiopia, a small market town west of Addis Ababa. The Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus is a Lutheran Church that began in Eritrea in 1899 when Swedish missionaries arrived. www.frakesproductions.com Tim Frakes Productions is a full service video production company specializing in single camera, documentary productions…
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Zam Zam, A Missionary Odyssey
Zamzam a Missionary Odyssey Zam Zam, A Missionary Odyssey is a 1992 documentary I produced for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America while I worked for Video Impressions, a production company in Aurora, Illinois. Jim Quattrocki did most of the camera work on interviews recorded in Massachusetts, Kansas and Chicago. Zam Zam, A Missionary Odyssey…
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Crick Crack: Let’s Go to Haiti!
Crick Crack: Let’s Go to Haiti! This video was created to help Sunday school age children learn about one of the poorest nations on earth. My friend Stephen Padre and I recorded much of this footage in a village called Thoite. The video was produced for the ELCA World Hunger Appeal. Tim Frakes Productions is…
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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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El Yunque, the Caribbean National Forest
Back in the early 2,000’s I was in Puerto Rico shooting a story and stopped by El Yunque, the Caribbean National Forest. This national treasure is located in the Luquillo Mountains on the eastern edge of the Island of Puerto Rico. The forest is the only tropical rain forest in the U.S. National Forest System.…
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The Life of Apostle Paul with Rick Steves
I recorded this documentary in 2004 in Greece and Turkey while working for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Travel expert and faithful Lutheran Rick Steves came along as on-camera host. Rick also did most of the work on the script. Jim Parks edited the footage. About two thousand years ago Roman soldiers executed Jesus…
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Beyond Tsunami
This is a video I put together after the Tsunami. My pals, Jim Quattrocki, Kevin Jacobson and I went to Tamil Nadu, India one month after the big Tsunami disaster on Christmas, 2005. Jim did most of the videography. Some of it is mine. The actual disater footage comes from a wedding guy we met…
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Scenes from the Holy Land 2006
This is a collection of images recorded by Tim Frakes in the Holy Land (Israel/Palestine/West Bank/Occupied Territories, January, 2006. Sites include Jerusalem, Bethlehem, the Sea of Galilee, Nazareth, Qumran, and the Jordan Valley. January 6, 2006 I just can’t get enough of the Holy Land these days. This is my fourth trip to Israel Palestine.…
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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.