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...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him
A haunting remembrance of Chicano family life in the 1950s
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.
Where to watch ...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him
...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him is streaming in the US on Kanopy.
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
Details
- Director
- Severo Perez
- Released
- May 5, 1995
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Genres
- Drama
- Studio
- Tierra Voz Producciones (I), American Playhouse and KPBS
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 5.4 / 10 from 8 votes
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