Canoa: A Shameful Memory

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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.

Country:

Mexico

Genre:

History,

Crime

Duration:

116 minutes

Year:

1976

Director:

Felipe Cazals

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Company:

Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Producción Cinematográfica (STPC),

Conacite Uno

Cast:
Salvador Sánchez

Witness

Ernesto Gómez Cruz

Lucas

Enrique Lucero

Cura

Arturo Alegro

Ramón

Roberto Sosa Sr.

Julián

Crew:
Felipe Cazals

Director

Tomás Pérez Turrent

Writer

Roberto Lozoya

Producer

Álex Phillips Jr.

Director of Photography

Manuel Ortega

Assistant Director