Canoa: A Shameful Memory
A town. Vested interests. 1968: a decisive year in the history of Mexico.
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.
- Year: 1976
- Country: Mexico
- Genre: History, Crime
- Studio: Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Producción Cinematográfica (STPC), Conacite Uno
- Keyword: small town, suspicion, based on true story, murder, priest, anger, lynching, mountain climbing, college student
- Director: Felipe Cazals
- Cast: Salvador Sánchez, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Enrique Lucero, Arturo Alegro, Roberto Sosa Sr., Carlos Chávez