Canoa: A Shameful Memory

History, Crime, Drama, Thriller

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Felipe Cazals

Status Released

Release Date 1976-03-04

Storyline

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.

"A town. Vested interests. 1968: a decisive year in the history of Mexico."