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...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him (1995)

1995-05-05 · 1h 39m · EN
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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.

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Severo PerezDirector, Writer

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Jose AlcalaJose AlcalaMarcosRose PortilloRose PortilloFlorentinaArt BonillaArt BonillaLaloMarco RodríguezMarco RodríguezJoaquinLupe OntiverosLupe OntiverosDoña RosaDaniel ValdezDaniel ValdezBartoloEvelyn GuerreroEvelyn GuerreroLupitaSam VlahosSam VlahosDon CletoSal LopezSal LopezEl Mohado

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What is ...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him about?

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.

How long is ...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him?

...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him has a runtime of 99 minutes.