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Edongo Band, Kitgum, Northern Uganda

timfrakes — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:04:45 +0000

Jim Quattrocki and I were in Kitgum, Northern Uganda, recording a story at the Anglican Cathedral. I can’t remember if this is out of his camera or mine. Either way, it was a great day and beautiful music.

2011 Year in Review: Frakesproductions.com

timfrakes — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:45:13 +0000

Here is a random collection representing a few of the images I recorded during the busy 2011 production year. Locations included Haiti (twice), Cuba, Dominican Republic, Illinois, Texas, Colorado, Kentucky, Missouri, Indiana, and Ohio. Music by JS Bach, Mass in B minor Dona nobis pacem (BWV 232).

For more detail, here are links to most of work I did this year.

- People of Faith: Christianity in America
- Church World Service, Haiti
- Ascension Catholic School, Oak Park, IL
- Herald of Truth Image Video
- Rural Community Assistance Partnership
- Bethesda Lutheran Communities
- Lutheran Life Communities, Gifts of Grace
- West Chicago Printing Company 100 Years
- Haitian Artist for Peace International
- The Bread Shed
- St. Stephen Martyr Lutheran Church, Canton, OH
- Alianza Church, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
- Simply Fragrant, Christian and Missionary Alliance
- Herald of Truth Cuba churches of Christs
- 30 Good Minutes Spiritual Journeys

Introducing Jesus of Nazareth

timfrakes — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:30:00 +0000

It is Advent and a good time to reflect on the life of Jesus. This production aired on ABC Television in December 2006. I produced it for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America with my good friend Peter Marty as host. Jim Quattrocki directed the on-camera sequences. Jim Parks did the editing.
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Images from Mizak, Haiti

timfrakes — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:04:48 +0000

Here is a collection of images from my visit to Mizak, Haiti in 2011 with Haitian Artists for Peace International. The music is performed by a group of guys who were jamming by the side of the road.

Tour a Cold War Era Atlas Missile Silo

timfrakes — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:40:54 +0000

Along a lonely stretch of blacktop in rural, Central Texas, my friend Larry Sanders takes me on a tour of a partially restored Atlas missile site.

At the height of the Cold War, Curtis Lamay and the Strategic Air Command, built and deployed the first Intercontinental Ballistic Missile System.

A Late Autumn Walk

timfrakes — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:20:47 +0000

A late autumn walk through Hidden Lake Forest Preserve, Du Page County, Illinois. Panasonic Lumix GF3, 720p
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Empowering Haiti: Let’s Hear it from the Girls

timfrakes — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:22:17 +0000

It’s back to Haiti in August. This time, I’ll be shooting footage for Haitian Artisans for Peace International (HAPI). HAPI was founded in March 2007 as a fair trade artisan co-op focused on spirituality and creativity. The marketing of the resulting art supports women’s economic development and empowerment.

HAPI Executive Director, Valerie Mossman-Celestin and my friend, photo journalist, Paul Jeffrey asked me to help with this project. The footage will be woven into a short documentary. “Let’s Hear it from the Girls” (working title) will connect the voice of girls in a rural Haitian community to touch us with stories, music and dance that convey the joys and challenges of growing up female in Haiti. The film will also capture the subtle messages of hope emerging from a dream that the community recognize the value and equality of girls and women.

We will be working in Mizak, a mountainous, rural section of La Vallee in South-East Haiti, 80 km south of Port-au-Prince and 12 km west of Jacmel. The total population is just over 35,000. Seventy percent are peasants living under the poverty level of less than $1 US per day, and 63% of the population is under the age of 18. There are no jobs available, no electricity, no telecommunication system, no plumbing, and no water filtration. The majority of households have no measurable income and they rely on system of barter and trade.

HAPI plans to make this DVD available as a teaching resource to folks in the United Methodist Church. The project is funded in part through a grant from the United Methodist Women’s organization.

Look for more in the coming days and weeks!

Flight to Bukoba Tanzania

timfrakes — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 21:35:15 +0000

Wednesday, May 23, 2001 Jim Quattrocki, Kevin Jacobson and I arrive at an air strip in Moshi, Tanzania and board a single engine, fixed landing gear plane operated by African Inland Mission. Andy, the pilot, is a tall, slender American from Boulder, Colorado. It rained the night before – now the clouds began to lift and we took off, flying around Mt. Kilimanjaro and her more rugged sister Mt. Meru. We then head out over the world famous Serengeti Plain, Ngorongoro Crater and Odoval Gorge.

The ancient green grasslands are dotted with huts and animals. The route takes us west across the Serengeti to the southern tip of Lake Victoria, the source of the Nile River and on in to Bukoba, Tanzania on the western shore.

Havana Cuba

timfrakes — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:14:03 +0000

Recorded these shots while in Havana, Cuba, March, 2011.

Alianza Church, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

timfrakes — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 10:29:37 +0000

Zac and Julie Stutler work with the Christian and Missionary Alliance in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. The Stutler’s and another husband/wife team, Jeff and Deborah Climie, launched a new congregation in this upscale resort community called Alianza. While recording footage for a project with the Alliance Women Ministries, I was able to put this video together for them.