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  • Meeting the LRA

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    Thursday was quite a day. In the morning we stopped by the local government officials office to pay our respects. This is a typical practice in Africa. The district governor was busy in a meeting with local elders. We overheard that elders were making plans for a visit from a peace delegation that included members…

  • Lot’s o’ luggage!

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    It takes a lot of luggage to shoot a documentary in Uganda! Made it to Amsterdam safe and sound. Met up with our old buddy Kevin Jacobson. Tomorrow it is off to Africa! 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

  • Back to Uganda

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    It’s back on the road this Sunday. Jim Quattrocki and I return to Kitgum, Uganda to expand a documentary we started last year. “Ready to Forgive: An African Story of Grace” looks at the Acholi people of Northern Uganda. For twenty years, the Acholi faced war, rape, torture and abduction. Rebels known as the Lord’s…

  • Rome Shoot Photos

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    Here are a few photos, Rick, Emily and I took during our shoot in Rome. Enjoy!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

  • Rome Shoot in the Can

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    All’s Well That Ends Well is a comedy by William Shakespeare. They say it is tough to classify because it is both tragedy and comedy. That’s how our shoot here in Rome went. It started out great. Two days of perfect weather, a great team: Rick Steves, Sean T O’Sallaigh, Emily Frakes, our driver, Ensio…

  • Rome Image Montage

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    Here are just a few of the images from our shoot in Rome for “The Life of Apostle Peter with Rick Steves.” The shoot is in the can!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

  • Rome Photo Essay

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    Our time in Rome is drawing to a close. Yesterday we recorded footage at Hadrians Villa, outside Rome. It went so well, we moved on to the Vatican, shot some stand-ups and even went inside the basillica to do a bit of recording in forbidden territory! Today we do some more recording at the Vatican,…

  • Worship with the Philipino Methodist Church in Rome

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    Strolling down the Via Settembre this morning, a Philipino Methodist Church caught my eye. The worship service half over, I walked in and sat six pews from the front. The congregation of 50 is made up of Philipino immigrants to Italy. Recognizing a visitor, Pastor Noel asked me to stand and introduce myself. Judging by…

  • Arrived in Rome

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    I’m in Rome, Italy today scouting locations for The Life of Apostle Peter with Rick Steves. It is a documentary for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. With me is my 17-year old daughter and key grip, Emily Frakes. Her mother and I thought it would be ok to pull her from school for a…

  • 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…