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  • Uganda: Ready to Forgive Spot

    NBC This December After 21 years of war, the Acholi people of Northern Uganda are united in a belief that the only real solution to their problem is reconciliation and forgiveness. Join best selling author and Rwandan genocide survivor Immaculee Ilibagiza as she hosts “Ready to Forgive: An African Story of Grace. This is a…

  • Home from Uganda

    Jim Quattrocki and I returned from Northern Uganda today with about eight hours of new footage. Our shoot with Immaculée Ilibagiza went well. We recorded her in a number of locations around Kitgum, Uganda. This photo is a video still from the production. Tim Frakes Productions is a full service video production company specializing in…

  • The LRA Asks for Forgiveness

    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

  • A Woman Named Rose

    Kitgum, Northern UgandaYesterday I met a woman named Rose. Rose is from Southern Sudan. Kitgum, the town we are staying in, is only a few kilometers south of the border. Rose and her sister, Cecelia went to collect firewood one day. Two rebel soldiers abducted them at gunpoint. They killed Cecilia, stabbed and abused Rose.…

  • Meeting the LRA

    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!

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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