Movie
...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him
A haunting remembrance of Chicano family life in the 1950s
19951h 39m5.4out of 108 votes
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.
Directed by Severo Perez
Your score–
Not scoredImages
Cast
Related
Farming
Bastard Out of Carolina
Goodbye June
The Pumpkin Eater
The Nest
Lady Driver
The Padre
Skin
What Maisie Knew
El Chicano
Cesar Chavez
My Neighbor Adolf
The Young One
The Truth About Emanuel
Imperial Dreams
Cardboard Boxer