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Recommendations
Bob Sitze (New Congregations)“TIm Frakes produces award-winning videos that capture the essence of the subjects he films. His no-nonsense style of work matches perfectly with his high integrity, eagerness and deep interest in what he films. Every production that Tim has developed has been a winner for my purposes.” Don Hancock (Performance Communications)“Tim is an…
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Opening the Door to Luther with Rick Steves
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Opening the Door to Luther with Rick Steves is a documentary I produced for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America with author, travel expert and PBS host of Rick Steves Europe in September, 2000. Steves takes us to areas of Germany known as Lutherlands. From Eisleben, where Luther was born, to Wittenberg where he taught…
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Mean Sheep Dog on the Trail of the Apostle Paul
Thursday, February 12, 2004, Kevin Jacobson and I were in Gokyurt, Turkey, near Konya. Back in the Apostle Paul’s day cir A.D. 50, it was known as Lystra, part of the Roman Empire. The mountains west of Konya are sheep herding country. Every now and then you can see flocks moving through the snowy hills…
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Awards
1997RPRC Award of Merit: Mosaic, the video magazine of the ELCA, Summer 1997, (Tim Frakes) 1998RPRC Best of Class (Non-broadcast Audio and Video) Summer 1998 Mosaic (Tim Frakes) RPRC Award of Excellence (Video, Documentary/Educational) Summer 1998 Mosaic (Tim Frakes) Award of Excellence: Weaving a Global Neighborhood, with Rick Steves (Tim Frakes) 2000Concordia Historical Institute Department…
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Ken Medema Nebraska Synod Promo
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
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An East African Journey
It was one of those mornings when you wake up and aren’t quite sure where you are. “…guest house… Addis Ababa, Ethiopia… Africa… Oh, yea, I remember…” The house was quiet when I emerged from my room. Soon Yonas’s youngest daughter Zima, popped her head around the corner. Zima is 5 years old and full…
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Reporting from Haiti 2011
Church World Service and Odyssey Networks in New York asked me to record a greeting while in Haiti, January 3-9, 2011 to mark the one year anniversary of the earthquake. This report was recorded in a tiny village called Mayombe in Northern Haiti.
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An East African Journey
This morning CNN says Lufthansa pilots have called a general strike. It seems the 15 percent salary increase the company was offering was insufficient. The pilots want 30 percent. Since my flight was delayed four hours by the strike, I tracked down a bicycle to rent at the train station and spent the morning by…