...and the Earth Did Not Swallow Him (1994)
...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him
A haunting remembrance of Chicano family life in the 1950s
99 min
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
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Marcos Loya
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
- Evelyn Guerrero as Lupita
- Sam Vlahos as Don Cleto
- Sal Lopez as El Mohado
- Miguel Rodríguez as Narrator
Crew
- Severo Perez · Director
- Tomás Rivera · Writer
- Severo Perez · Writer
- Paul Espinosa · Producer
- Marcos Loya · Composer
- Virgil L. Harper · Cinematographer
- Howard Heard · Editor
- Susan Heick · Editor
- Ellen Rennell · Editor
- Bob Morones · Casting director
- Armin Ganz · Production designer