...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.

Release date

May 5, 1995

Rating

5.3 / 10

Runtime

1 hours 39 minutes

Genres

Drama

Cast

Jose Alcala
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As Marcos
Rose Portillo
As Florentina
Art Bonilla
As Lalo
Marco Rodríguez
As Joaquin
Lupe Ontiveros
As Doña Rosa
Daniel Valdez
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As Bartolo
Evelyn Guerrero
As Lupita
Sam Vlahos
As Don Cleto
Sal Lopez
As El Mohado

Crew

Yvonne Cervantes
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Role: Costume Design
Severo Perez
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Role: Co-Producer
Virgil L. Harper
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Role: Director of Photography
Russell J. Smith
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Role: Art Direction
Armin Ganz
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Role: Production Design
Kirk M. Petruccelli
Role: Art Direction
Norine Joy Francis
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Role: Set Decoration
Howard Heard
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Role: Editor
Sharon Reed
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Role: Set Decoration
Severo Perez
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Role: Writer
Susan Heick
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Role: Editor
Bob Morones
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Role: Associate Producer
John Acevedo
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Role: Assistant Director
Marcos Loya
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Role: Original Music Composer
Lindsay Law
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Role: Executive Producer
Peter Stolz
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Role: Art Direction
Tomás Rivera
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Role: Novel
Bob Morones
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Role: Casting
Severo Perez
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Role: Director
Paul Espinosa
Role: Executive Producer