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Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976)

Directed by Felipe Cazals · Cinematography by Álex Phillips Jr.

115 min56 frames

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

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Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976) movie still: closeup — A person sits in a dimly lit room with yellow walls at night. The man stares directly ahead…Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976) movie still: medium — A modest bedroom featuring a dresser with a large mirror and a framed portrait. One man uses a…Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976) movie still: medium — A rustic shop with bright magenta walls contains a long wooden counter with glass jars.…Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976) movie still: wide — A rural dirt road passes between low adobe brick walls and rustic structures. A young boy walks…Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976) movie still: wide — A dark urban exterior with blue-tinted walls and wet pavement at night. Two men move along the…Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976) movie still: wide — A sun-drenched courtyard with pale blue walls and an exposed brick facade behind. Six men are…Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976) movie still: medium — An aged, weathered church with blue and yellow stucco sits against a cloudy sky. A man stands…Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976) movie still: medium — A rustic shop interior with shelves of goods and a metal scale on the counter. Several men…Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976) movie still: medium — A man sits at a table against a plain, faded yellow wall. He leans back in a wooden chair with…Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976) movie still: medium — An interior shot showing a man in religious attire standing before a church altar. A large…Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976) movie still: medium — A dark, cluttered room filled with stacks of paper and vintage equipment. A man sits at a desk…Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976) movie still: closeup — A man stands in front of a weathered wall with faded green painted letters. The subject wears…Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976) movie still: fullbody — A man tapes various colorful flyers to a rough, rustic adobe brick wall. The wall stands…Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976) movie still: medium — A teal-walled workspace features a wooden desk cluttered with paperwork and black telephones.…Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976) movie still: fullbody — A group of five figures walks toward the camera across a cobblestone square. A large…Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976) movie still: medium — A dimly lit indoor passage features blue-painted walls and several individuals gathered…
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What is Canoa: A Shameful Memory about?

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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What does the cinematography of Canoa: A Shameful Memory look like?

Across 56 sampled frames, Canoa: A Shameful Memory builds its coverage from medium shots (43% of the sample), with wide compositions (25%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Álex Phillips Jr. keeps 64% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Daylight carries most of the picture. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 55% of the frames.

What is the color palette of Canoa: A Shameful Memory?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976) are #34312a, #120f0c, #52544c, #d4ccae, #948873, #ac9676 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #52544c
  • #d4ccae
  • #948873
  • #ac9676

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