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Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976)

Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976)

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

Release Date: 1976, March 4
Directors: Felipe Cazals
Countries: Mexico
Production: Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Producción Cinematográfica (STPC), Conacite Uno
Cast: Sergio Calderón, Enrique Lucero, Manuel Ojeda, Rodrigo Puebla, Gerardo Vigil, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Salvador Sánchez, Guillermo Gil, Gastón Melo, Carlos Chávez, Arturo Alegro, Jaime Garza

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.

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