Comments on: Tamales On The Run

By: The cure for the journalism blues « The Media Optimist

The cure for the journalism blues « The Media Optimist — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:25:39 +0000

[...] on the run.” You’ll become a fan after seeing this multimedia story about the tamaleros created by Devin and her reporting partner, Kara [...]

By: MacArthur Park Perspectives « Red Room Salon

MacArthur Park Perspectives « Red Room Salon — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:10:37 +0000

[...] By redroomsalon And here is a link to something someone else in the building I live in did. And I happened to notice the tamale guy on his bike yesterday, and here today I am reading an [...]

By: Nancy Allan

Nancy Allan — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:01:41 +0000

LOVED this, Devin. I feel his and your humanity. It’s sometimes complicated, this business of survival. And how wonderful, he has wheels. Having eaten “street” food for most of my life, we must trust in the hygienic nature of it, be unafraid of the germs, thereby developing guts of steel, like the tamaleros must!
xo

By: devinelizabeth

devinelizabeth — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:20:46 +0000

Hey, thanks everyone! How amazing it will be when Antonio someday gets on the internet and sees his own celebrity. I got the feeling when I showed him the (Spanish version of the) story on my laptop that he thought this is the only place it lived. Which is really not the case. Tamales on the Run was re-purposed by Marketplace and featured on Boing Boing. I was interviewed about the story by a young undergrad in USC’s journalism program and it has received more comments and track-backs than anything else on the site so far.

Check him out on Marketplace:
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/08/04/pm-tamaleros/

or on Boing Boing:
http://boingboing.net/2009/08/04/its-not-easy-being-a.html

and also a review of the piece at 365 Days of Thanks:
http://melissaleu.wordpress.com/2009/09/15/tamales-on-the-run/

The real relief is that Antonio liked the story very much, enough in fact to ask for his own copy to send to his kids in Mexico who he says have no idea what his life is like in LA. I actually don’t know how to convert a swf file so that it can be saved on a DVD to give him, so if there is someone reading this that does, please! get in touch. I owe him not only for letting me document his life, but also for literally testifying on my behalf one morning this summer when he stumbled upon Louise and I in a failing attempt to convince the men who pack flowers and cherries on Bonnie Brae to let us take pictures of them. They thought I was with immigration. Antonio told them otherwise. I don’t actually know what he specifically said, because he was speaking Spanish too fast for me, but whatever it was, it worked and we got to photograph the men and their flowers for a full hour. The pictures are now featured in Pleased To Meet You. We gave all the men with the flowers copies.

By: Tamales on the Run « (365) DAYS of THANKS

Tamales on the Run « (365) DAYS of THANKS — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:34:08 +0000

[...] things food. So, as an ardent lover of Mexican cuisine, I was keenly interested in watching “Tamales on the Run.” Little did I know, that the short show would not only involve tamales, but also contain an [...]

By: Kim Henderson

Kim Henderson — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:25:50 +0000

WOW – is all I can say about that piece.
We as a society have so many colorful people living amongst us. It amazes me that the most colorful people always carry a knowledge that one must make it on their own, no matter what the hurdle or task. Unlike the majority of the people who think everything should be given to them with out any exchange or price paid monetarily, physically or emotionally. I will not forget this story the next time I wish something would come easily. It takes a real person to make the most of the day, no matter what the task necessary to survive.

By: It’s not easy being a tamale street vendor in Los Angeles | linkthe.com

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:12:11 +0000

[...] UPDATE Devin Browne says: “[T]he radio story was based on a multimedia piece Anna and I produced together which can be seen here.” [...]

By: mary

mary — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:48:30 +0000

but are the tamales good??

By: Sam T

Sam T — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:01:58 +0000

Great story. Hard worker, no welfare, just perseverance. Thanks!

By: Matt Erickson

Matt Erickson — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 06:09:12 +0000

Wow, something to remember next time I complain about my job…

I enjoyed this and learned from it. Do More!