West Chicago Archives - Tim Frakes Productions https://frakesproductions.com/tag/west-chicago/ My WordPress Blog Mon, 06 Oct 2014 12:56:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 Divided Families, Responding with Faith Promo https://frakesproductions.com/2014/10/06/divided-families-responding-with-faith-promo/ https://frakesproductions.com/2014/10/06/divided-families-responding-with-faith-promo/#respond Mon, 06 Oct 2014 12:56:40 +0000 http://www.frakesproductions.com/?p=8193 Premieres, WTTW  Channel 11, PBS, Chicago, Thursday, October 16,  9p.m. This hour-long documentary I shot and edited for the Chicago Sunday Evening Club explores the impact of current US immigration policies on Amy and Carlos, a young family from West Chicago. Because Carlos was brought to the US illegally from Mexico as a child, they […]

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Premieres, WTTW  Channel 11, PBS, Chicago, Thursday, October 16,  9p.m.

This hour-long documentary I shot and edited for the Chicago Sunday Evening Club explores the impact of current US immigration policies on Amy and Carlos, a young family from West Chicago. Because Carlos was brought to the US illegally from Mexico as a child, they encounter severe penalties and barriers as they attempt to gain his resident status. Like thousands of families in this situation, they want to do the right thing, but there seems to be no path to follow. We tell the story of their decade-long struggle, and highlight the work of faith organizations across Chicago that are working to help families like theirs stay together.

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]]> https://frakesproductions.com/2014/10/06/divided-families-responding-with-faith-promo/feed/ 0 8193 West Chicago Printing Company, 100 Years https://frakesproductions.com/2011/07/04/west-chicago-printing-company-100-years/ https://frakesproductions.com/2011/07/04/west-chicago-printing-company-100-years/#comments Mon, 04 Jul 2011 16:39:37 +0000 http://www.frakesproductions.com/?p=4014 My career in mass-media began back in 1979 at a weekly local newspaper and print shop called “The West Chicago Press.” The Treudt family not only gave me my first real job, they became life-long friends. The newspaper has since gone the way of most weekly publications. However, the printing operation survives. Recently the West […]

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My career in mass-media began back in 1979 at a weekly local newspaper and print shop called “The West Chicago Press.” The Treudt family not only gave me my first real job, they became life-long friends. The newspaper has since gone the way of most weekly publications. However, the printing operation survives. Recently the West Chicago Printing Company celebrated it’s 100 year anniversary. This interview with Bill Treudt and Modesto “Mo” Zarate, recounts daily life and laughs that went with the newspaper and printing business in the 20th century.

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