Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976) was one of the first movies to express the tone of the time of the setting: Mexico 1968, when student turmoils were spread across the country. It was entered into the 26th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear---Special Jury Prize.
PROLOGUE: "Below heaven the king alone is lord, not cruel and barbaric men. If God is with us in our zeal, what cause have we to fear?---Lope de Vega, Fuenteovejuna, Acto III"
The Massacre of San Miguel Canoa was a lynching that occurred in the village of San Miguel Canoa in Puebla, Mexico. In September 1968, five employees of the Autonomous University of Puebla decided to climb La Malinche, a mountain in central Mexico. However, due to adverse weather conditions, had to stay the night in the village San Miguel Canoa. Upon arriving, the local priest, Enrique Meza Pérez, called them communist revolutionaries and incited villagers to riot and kill the visitors. Two were killed in the attack and three sustained serious injuries, but survived.