Canoa: A Shameful Memory

Genres: History, Crime

Languages: Spanish

Year: 1976

Vote: 7.783

Festival & Award: - Silver Bear

Canoa: A Shameful Memory

The showmakers

Felipe Cazals
Salvador Sánchez
Ernesto Gómez Cruz
Enrique Lucero
Carlos Chávez

Overview

A group of students arrives in a small town during a hiking expedition. Once there, the local priest accuses them of being communist agitators on the run from an army crack-down against student demonstrations in nearby Mexico City and rallies the townsfolk to lynch them. Based on a true story.

Indie vibes check

A politically charged Mexican film made with independent funding and minimal studio involvement, qualifying it as an indie film.

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