...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him

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.

5

99 min

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

Director

Severo Perez