...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him
|...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him
Status: Released
Runtime: 99
Release Date: 05/05/1995
Origin Language: en
Origin Country: US
Languages: EnglishSpanish
Production: Tierra Voz Producciones (I)American PlayhouseKPBSKino International
Countries: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0 (0)
Drama
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.
