Iraqi Voices Amplification Project
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Causes, Faith Based Production, Middle East, Peace and Justice, Politics, Travel
In October 2009, a small group of artists-photographers, filmmakers, musicians, and new media specialists traveled to Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria with Intersections International to meet and interact with displaced Iraqi refugees and to hear their stories.
(Short Version 7:38)
(Long Version 16:00 ) (Turn off the HD button if you experience buffering issues.)
Tags: Iraq, Middle East, Refugee, Tim Frakes Productions, Video
John Jacobson for Congress
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Politics, Pro Bono, Tim Frakes Productions
My friend, John Jacobson is running for United States Congress in Northern California’s second district. Last weekend, we trekked across the district meeting people and recording footage. Northern California is a beautiful place to visit, especially when it is snowing in Chicago! This is one of several 30-second campaign spots we produced.
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Tags: Califorina, Congress, John Jacobson
Forbidden Family
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Causes, Middle East, Peace and Justice, Politics
Forbidden Family is a story about the separation barrier and its effect on one Lutheran Palestinian family. I produced this video for the ELCA in 1995. This December I will be producing a new advocacy video for “Peace Not Walls.” This ELCA sponsored group advocates for peace and justice in the Middle East. In Feburary, I may be returning to Jerusalem to record footage with a delegation of Lutheran Church officials.
www.frakesproductions.com
Tags: Israel, Justice, Palestine, Security, Wall
Ready to Forgive: An African Story of Grace
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Africa, Education, Faith Based Production, History, Politics
This is the short version of a documentary Jim Quattrocki and I began recording in Northern Uganda in October, 2006. Kevin Jacobson helped with logistics. Jim Parks edited the progam and wrote some of the music.
This is an African story of God’s amazing grace. Northern Uganda has been at war for twenty years. Those most affected, a tribal people known as the Acholi, or Luo people, endure rape, torture, and child abduction. Thousands have died. Others are missing. Two million people are displaced.
Most live in squalid camps for internally displaced persons, protected by government soldiers they often fear more than the rebels. Despite all this, the Acholi are united in the belief that the only real solution to the problem is reconciliation and forgiveness. The Acholi are ready to forgive.
For more on this documentary go to the ELCA web site: www.elca.org/mosaic/uganda
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Tags: Forgiveness, Kitgum, Lords Resistance Army, Uganda
Night Commuters in Northern Uganda
Posted by timfrakes | Filed under Africa, Education, Interesting Places, Politics, Travel
This short clip is from a documentary I am producing for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. It will air on NBC next fall. Each night hundreds of children come to night commuter centers run by the Church of Uganda. The are looking for a safe place to spend the night.
Tags: Child Soldiers, Lords Resistance Army, shelter, Uganda