| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (104 minutes)) : sound, color |
| Summary |
The film is an adaptation of the prize-winning novel, '... y no se lo tragó la tierra' by Tomas Rivera. Set in 1952, and seen through the eyes of Marcos, a twelve-year-old boy, the story follows a family's migrant journey through a year in their lives. Marcos is the second son of a migrant farmworker family; his brother is missing in action in the Korean war. The family travels to Minnesota, following the crops. The housing is awful; sometimes the boss furnishes no water to the workers, and TB goes untreated. In good times the pay is [dollar]15 a day for adults, half that for children. For a few sordid weeks, Marcos' parents leave him in the care of a corrupt couple. He is expelled from school for fighting, and he finds solace in a graveyard. The boy's recollections of the poignant, sometimes funny and sometimes terrifying experiences become a magical voyage of self-discovery |
| Notes |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1994 |
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Adapted from the novel --y no se lo tragó las tierra by Tomás Rivera |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Virgil Harper ; editor, Susan Heick ; narrator, Miguel Rodriguez ; music, Marcos Loya |
| Cast |
Jose Alcala, Rose Portillo, Marco Rodriguez, Daniel Valdez, Erica Baltodano, Art Bonilla, Linda Dangcil |
| Notes |
In English |
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Online resource; title from home page (Alexander Street, viewed September 28, 2020) |
| Subject |
Rivera, Tomás, 1935-1984 -- Film adaptations
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Rivera, Tomás, 1935-1984 |
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Mexican Americans -- Drama
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Mexican American families -- Drama
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Mexican American migrant agricultural laborers -- Drama
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Mexican American youth -- Drama
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Mexican Americans -- History -- 20th century -- Drama
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Poverty -- Drama
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Mexican American families.
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Mexican American migrant agricultural laborers.
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Mexican American youth.
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Mexican Americans.
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Poverty.
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Drama.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Film adaptations.
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History.
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Independent films.
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Independent films.
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Film adaptations.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Adaptations cinématographiques.
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Films de fiction.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Perez, Severo, screenwriter, film director.
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Espinosa, Paul, film producer.
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Alcala, José, actor.
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Portillo, Rose, actor.
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Rodriguez, Marco, actor.
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Valdez, Daniel, 1949- actor.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Rivera, Tomás, 1935-1984.
Y no se lo tragó la tierra
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American Playhouse Theatrical Films, presenter.
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KPBS (Television station : San Diego, Calif.), production company.
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Severo Perez Films, production company.
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