The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez

The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández is a 2007 American documentary film that investigates the murky killing of Esequiel Hernández Jr by US Marines. It is written and directed by Kieran Fitzgerald and narrated by Tommy Lee Jones.

The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández
Directed byKieran Fitzgerald
Written byKieran Fitzgerald
Brendan Fitzgerald
Marc Weiss
Shane Slattery-Quintanilla
Based onThe killing of Esequiel Hernández Jr
Produced byMichael Fitzgerald
Brendan Fitzgerald
Narrated byTommy Lee Jones
CinematographyCaz Duffy
Kieran Fitzgerald
John Hall
Edited byBrendan Fitzgerald
Kieran Fitzgerald
Shane Slattery-Quintanilla
Music byBobby Flores
Distributed byPBS
Release date
Running time
90 minutes
CountriesUnited States
Mexico
LanguagesEnglish
Spanish

Cast

  • Tommy Lee Jones - Narrator
  • James Blood - self
  • David Castaneda - self
  • Randall Cater - self
  • Mike Coyne - self
  • Danny Dominguez - self
  • Izdiel Garcia - self
  • Michael Gross - self
  • Esequiel Hernandez Sr. - self
  • Margarito Hernandez - self
  • Richard Jerome - self
  • Jane Kelly - self
  • Terry Kincaid - self
  • Amanda Lichtenberg - self
  • Enrique Madrid - self
  • Christine Manriquez - self
  • David Marquez - self
  • John McGee - self
  • Teresaa Todd - self
  • Roy Torrez Jr. - self
  • Albert Valadez - self
  • Roland Wieler - self
  • Jack Zimmermann - self

Release and reception

It won best-documentary awards at the Mexico City Film Festival in 2007, the Santa Fe Film Festival in 2007 and at the El Paso festival in 2008.

References


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