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- Raquel Maria Dillon
- Username: raquelmaria
- Location: Oakland, CA
- Joined PRX: Feb 23, 2004
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- ""And I Walked..." Stories from the Border"
- Summary: "And I walked" combines voices of border crossers, U.S. Border Patrol, and the haunting words of author Charles Bowden to highlight the plight of those who risk their lives in search of the American dream.
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Review of "And I Walked..." Stories from the Border
Raquel Maria Dillon
Posted on February 26, 2004 at 11:44 AM
How to translate voices speaking in another language without awkward voiceovers? How to convey meaning when listeners don't speak the same language as your subject? This piece solves that eternal public radio problem artfully, with Bowden's descriptions and gently overlapped voices in Spanish.