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...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him

19951h 39mSevero Perez

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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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What is ...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him (1995) 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…

Who stars in ...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him?

...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him stars Jose Alcala (Marcos), Rose Portillo (Florentina), Art Bonilla (Lalo), Marco Rodríguez (Joaquin), Lupe Ontiveros (Doña Rosa). The film was directed by Severo Perez.

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

...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him has a runtime of 1 min and premiered in 1995.

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