Drama · United States of America · 1995 · 1h 39m

...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him

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Director
Severo Perez
Cast
Jose Alcala as Marcos Rose Portillo as Florentina Art Bonilla as Lalo Marco Rodríguez as Joaquin Lupe Ontiveros as Doña Rosa Daniel Valdez as Bartolo
Crew
Virgil L. Harper — Director of Photography Howard Heard — Editor Susan Heick — Editor Marcos Loya — Original Music Composer Severo Perez — Writer Tomás Rivera — Novel
Tagline

A haunting remembrance of Chicano family life in the 1950s

Synopsis

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.

Key Collaborators
Severo Perez Director Virgil L. Harper Director of Photography Howard Heard Editor Susan Heick Editor Marcos Loya Original Music Composer Severo Perez Writer Tomás Rivera Novel Armin Ganz Production Design Yvonne Cervantes Costume Design
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