The Guerilla and the Hope: Lucio Cabañas

Running time: 91 mins

A mesmerizing testimonial that reconstructs the memory of the struggle of the legendary figure of Lucio Cabañas, a rural teacher from Guerrero State who was murdered by the Mexican army.

South of Mexico, in 1974, Cabañas led one of the most important peasant guerrilla uprisings during the sixties and seventies. His memory and the memory of the peasant struggle in the mountains of Guerrero that left so many dead and missing people are still alive and represent a symbol of commitment to the poor. Testimonies from former guerrilla fighters, companions, relatives, survivors, historians and sociologists tell us the story of Cabañas and contribute to the analysis of the causes and recurrence of armed social uprisings in Mexico within the last century.

Director Gerardo Tort captures the life and the struggle of Cabañas and his movement through the eyes of those who lived and fought beside him, as well as experts. The Guerrilla and the Hope: Lucio Cabañas is an essential film about a figure that embodied the strength of the human spirit and whose memory will never die.


Tamee Tanoor


This film has been presented by The Castellano Family


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