Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976)

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.

Starring: Salvador Sánchez, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Enrique Lucero, Arturo Alegro

Categories: History, Crime