The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez
| The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Edited by |
Brendan Fitzgerald Kieran Fitzgerald Shane Slattery-Quintanilla |
| Distributed by | PBS |
Release dates |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country |
United States Mexico |
| Language |
English Spanish |
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.
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.