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