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