...and the Earth Did Not Swallow Him

Name: ...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him
Genre: Drama
Released: 1995-05-05
Duration: 1 h 39 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Jose Alcala, Rose Portillo, Art Bonilla

Original title: ...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him

19941994
1h 39m

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

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...and the Earth Did Not Swallow Him (1994)

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Marcos is a lad in Texas, the second son of a migrant farmworker family, his brother is missing in the Korean war. We travel with the family into Minnesota, following the crops. The housing ... Read allMarcos is a lad in Texas, the second son of a migrant farmworker family, his brother is missing in the Korean war. We travel with the family into Minnesota, following the crops. The housing is awful, sometimes the boss furnishes no water as the hands labor, and TB goes untreated.... Read allMarcos is a lad in Texas, the second son of a migrant farmworker family, his brother is missing in the Korean war. We travel with the family into Minnesota, following the crops. The housing is awful, sometimes the boss furnishes no water as the hands labor, and TB goes untreated. In good times the pay is $15 a day for adults, half that for children. For a few sordid w... Read all

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

160

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Director
- Severo Perez
Writers
- Tomás Rivera(novel)
- Severo Perez
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Awards
- 5 nominations

Featured review

8/10

an eye-opening story about migrant farmworkers

The movie ". . . And The Earth Did not Swallow Him," based on the book by Tomas Rivera, is an eye-opening movie for most people. It talks about the exploitation that migrant farmworkers go through in order to survive.

Sergio Perez uses impressionistic techniques to depict Rivera's story. He uses sienna and gray-scale effects to depict some of the scenes, and he uses specific photographic techniques to make the scenes look like they took place in the 1950s.

Perez also gives life to the film by using time-appropriate music, including balladeering and guitar playing.

I feel that it is a good film to view because it shows in detail how migrant farmworkers live, what they do for entertainment, and their beliefs.

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