...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him

Overview

Twelve-year-old Mexican-American Marcos (Jose Alcala) recalls the hardships of the previous year, reflecting on the arduous trek his migrant-worker family made from Texas to the Midwest during harvest season. Along the way, Marcos learns plenty about the harsh realities of bigotry and the power of family in America of the 1950s. The coming-of-age Chicano drama is based on Tomas Rivera's semiautobiographical 1971 novella.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 5, 1995

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English, Spanish

Countries

United States of America

Production

American Playhouse,Kino International,Tierra Voz Producciones (I),KPBS

Cast

Sam Vlahos,Art Bonilla,Rose Portillo,Evelyn Guerrero,Jose Alcala,Sal Lopez,Lupe Ontiveros,Marco Rodríguez,Daniel Valdez

Director

Severo Perez

Writer

Severo Perez,Tomás Rivera

Producer

Lindsay Law,Paul Espinosa

Cinematography

Virgil L. Harper

Music

Marcos Loya

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

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