...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him (1995)
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.
Director: Severo Perez
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Jose Alcala as Marcos |
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Rose Portillo as Florentina |
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Art Bonilla as Lalo |
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Marco Rodríguez as Joaquin |
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Lupe Ontiveros as Doña Rosa |
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Daniel Valdez as Bartolo |
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Evelyn Guerrero as Lupita |
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Sam Vlahos as Don Cleto |
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Sal Lopez as El Mohado |
| Art | Norine Joy Francis | Set Decoration |
| Production | Lindsay Law | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Susan Heick | Editor |
| Production | Severo Perez | Co-Producer |
| Editing | Howard Heard | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yvonne Cervantes | Costume Design |
| Directing | John Acevedo | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Severo Perez | Director |
| Production | Bob Morones | Associate Producer |
| Art | Armin Ganz | Production Design |
| Writing | Severo Perez | Writer |
| Art | Peter Stolz | Art Direction |
| Camera | Virgil L. Harper | Director of Photography |
| Production | Bob Morones | Casting |
| Art | Sharon Reed | Set Decoration |
| Writing | Tomás Rivera | Novel |
| Sound | Marcos Loya | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Kirk M. Petruccelli | Art Direction |
| Art | Russell J. Smith | Art Direction |
| Production | Paul Espinosa | Executive Producer |
