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.
| Writing | Tomás Rivera | Novel |
| Art | Sharon Reed | Set Decoration |
| Production | Bob Morones | Casting |
| Art | Kirk M. Petruccelli | Art Direction |
| Production | Lindsay Law | Executive Producer |
| Art | Norine Joy Francis | Set Decoration |
| Camera | Virgil L. Harper | Director of Photography |
| Art | Russell J. Smith | Art Direction |
| Art | Peter Stolz | Art Direction |
| Editing | Susan Heick | Editor |
| Art | Armin Ganz | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yvonne Cervantes | Costume Design |
| Production | Severo Perez | Co-Producer |
| Writing | Severo Perez | Writer |
| Directing | John Acevedo | Assistant Director |
| Production | Bob Morones | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Marcos Loya | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Howard Heard | Editor |
| Production | Paul Espinosa | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Severo Perez | Director |