| The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández | |
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| Directed by | Kieran Fitzgerald |
| Produced by | Michael Fitzgerald Brendan Fitzgerald |
| Written by | Kieran Fitzgerald Brendan Fitzgerald Marc Weiss Shane Slattery-Quintanilla |
| Based on | The assassination of Esequiel Hernández Jr |
| Music by | Bobby Flores |
| Cinematography | Caz Duffy Kieran Fitzgerald John Hall |
| Editing by | Brendan Fitzgerald Kieran Fitzgerald Shane Slattery-Quintanilla |
| Distributed by | PBS |
| Release date(s) | April 27, 2007 (2007 Tribeca Film Festival) October 7, 2007 (2007 Morelia Film Festival) |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United StatesMexico |
| Language | English Spanish |
The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández is a 2007 American documentary film that investigates the murky assassination of Esequiel Hernández Jr by US Marines. It is written and directed by Kieran Fitzgerald and narrated by Tommy Lee Jones.
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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.