...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.

Norine Joy Francis

Set Decoration

Lindsay Law

Executive Producer

Severo Perez

Co-Producer

Yvonne Cervantes

Costume Design

John Acevedo

Assistant Director

Severo Perez

Director

Bob Morones

Associate Producer

Armin Ganz

Production Design

Peter Stolz

Art Direction

Virgil L. Harper

Director of Photography

Sharon Reed

Set Decoration

Marcos Loya

Original Music Composer

Kirk M. Petruccelli

Art Direction

Russell J. Smith

Art Direction

Paul Espinosa

Executive Producer

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