...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him
1995, English. Directed by Severo Perez.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 5 May 1995
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Severo Perez
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Who directed ...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him?
...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him (1995) was directed by Severo Perez and stars Jose Alcala, Rose Portillo, Art Bonilla.