Canoa A shameful memory
DVD - 2017
"One of Mexico's most highly regarded works of political cinema, Canoa: A Shameful Memory reimagines a real-life incident that had occurred just eight years before its release, when a group of urban university employees on a hiking trip were viciously attacked by residents of the village of San Miguel Canoa who had been manipulated by a corrupt priest into believing the travelers were communist revolutionaries. Director Felipe Cazals adopts a gritty documentary style to narrate the events in Canoa while referencing the climate of political repression that would lead to the massacre of student protesters in Mexico City shortly thereafter. The resulting film is a daring commentary on ideological manipulation, religious fanaticism an...d mass violence, as well as a visceral expression of horror."--Container.
- Subjects
- Genres
- Action and adventure films Videorecordings
Political films
Historical films
Crime films
Fiction films
Feature films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired - Published
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[Irvington, N.Y.] :
The Criterion Collection
[2017]
- Language
- Spanish
English - Corporate Authors
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- Edition
- Director-approved DVD special edition ; DVD edition
- Item Description
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1976.
Special features: New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised by director Felipe Cazals ; new introduction by filmmaker Guillermo del Toro ; new conversation between filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón and Felipe Cazals ; trailer; new English subtitle translation. - Physical Description
- 1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequence ; 4 3/4 in
- Format
- DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio); Dolby Digital monaural.
- Audience
- MPAA rating: Not rated.
- Production Credits
- Director of photography, Alex Phillips, Jr. ; editor, Rafael Ceballos.
- ISBN
- 9781681432809
- Access
- Classroom use may be subject to licensing restrictions.