Category: Travel
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Introducing Jesus of Nazareth
It is Advent and a good time to reflect on the life of Jesus. This production aired on ABC Television in December 2006. I produced it for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America with my good friend Peter Marty as host. Jim Quattrocki directed the on-camera sequences. Jim Parks did the editing. www.frakesproductions.com
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Images from Mizak, Haiti
Here is a collection of images from my visit to Mizak, Haiti in 2011 with Haitian Artists for Peace International. The music is performed by a group of guys who were jamming by the side of the road.
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Tour a Cold War Era Atlas Missile Silo
Along a lonely stretch of blacktop in rural, Central Texas, my friend Larry Sanders takes me on a tour of a partially restored Atlas missile site. At the height of the Cold War, Curtis Lamay and the Strategic Air Command, built and deployed the first Intercontinental Ballistic Missile System.
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A Late Autumn Walk
A late autumn walk through Hidden Lake Forest Preserve, Du Page County, Illinois. Panasonic Lumix GF3, 720p www.frakesproductions.com
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Empowering Haiti: Let’s Hear it from the Girls
It’s back to Haiti in August. This time, I’ll be shooting footage for Haitian Artisans for Peace International (HAPI). HAPI was founded in March 2007 as a fair trade artisan co-op focused on spirituality and creativity. The marketing of the resulting art supports women’s economic development and empowerment. HAPI Executive Director, Valerie Mossman-Celestin and my…
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Flight to Bukoba Tanzania
Wednesday, May 23, 2001 Jim Quattrocki, Kevin Jacobson and I arrive at an air strip in Moshi, Tanzania and board a single engine, fixed landing gear plane operated by African Inland Mission. Andy, the pilot, is a tall, slender American from Boulder, Colorado. It rained the night before – now the clouds began to lift…
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Alianza Church, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
Zac and Julie Stutler work with the Christian and Missionary Alliance in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. The Stutler’s and another husband/wife team, Jeff and Deborah Climie, launched a new congregation in this upscale resort community called Alianza. While recording footage for a project with the Alliance Women Ministries, I was able to put this video…
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Hope for Haiti: Blankets+ in Action
In January 2011, Church World Service asked me to go back to Haiti to record stories about their blanket and food coop programs. It was a wonderful trip full of positive stories and hopeful signs. Here is the video the folks in Elkhart, Indiana put together with the footage we recorded.
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Tim Archer Thoughts on Cuba Trip
My friend and traveling companion, Tim Archer wrote about our trip to Cuba in his wonderful blog, The Kitchen of Half-Baked Thoughts. His post is a nice review of our visit. Opening roads in Cuba Posted on March 8, 2011 by Tim Archer Back from my trip to Cuba last week, I want to share…