...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him

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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

99 minutes

Year:

1995

Director:

Severo Perez

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Company:

Tierra Voz Producciones (I),

American Playhouse,

KPBS,

Kino International

Cast:

Marcos

Florentina

Lalo

Joaquin

Doña Rosa

Crew:

Associate Producer

Co-Producer

Art Direction

Production Design

Executive Producer