...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him

A haunting remembrance of Chicano family life in the 1950s

5.0
19951h 39m

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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Photo of Rose Portillo

Rose Portillo

Florentina

Photo of Lupe Ontiveros

Lupe Ontiveros

Doña Rosa

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Sam Vlahos

Don Cleto

Photo of Sal Lopez

Sal Lopez

El Mohado

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