...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him
A haunting remembrance of Chicano family life in the 1950s
99 mins
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.
Jose Alcala
Marcos
Daniel Valdez
Bartolo
Severo Perez
Director
Tomás Rivera
Novel
Severo Perez
Writer
Marcos Loya
Original Music Composer
Virgil L. Harper
Director of Photography
Howard Heard
Editor
Susan Heick
Editor
Bob Morones
Casting
Armin Ganz
Production Design
Russell J. Smith
Art Direction
Peter Stolz
Art Direction
Norine Joy Francis
Set Decoration
Sharon Reed
Set Decoration
Yvonne Cervantes
Costume Design
John Acevedo
Assistant Director
Lindsay Law
Executive Producer
Bob Morones
Associate Producer
Severo Perez
Co-Producer