...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.
Top Billed Cast
Jose Alcala
Marcos
Rose Portillo
Florentina
Art Bonilla
Lalo
Marco Rodríguez
Joaquin
Lupe Ontiveros
Doña Rosa
Featured Crew
Yvonne Cervantes
Costume Design
Severo Perez
Co-Producer
Virgil L. Harper
Director of Photography
Russell J. Smith
Art Direction
Armin Ganz
Production Design
Kirk M. Petruccelli
Art Direction
Norine Joy Francis
Set Decoration
Howard Heard
Editor
Sharon Reed
Set Decoration
Severo Perez
Writer
Susan Heick
Editor
Bob Morones
Associate Producer