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The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández
Directed by	Kieran Fitzgerald
Written by	Kieran Fitzgerald Brendan Fitzgerald Marc Weiss Shane Slattery-Quintanilla
Based on	The killing of Esequiel Hernández Jr
Produced by	Michael Fitzgerald Brendan Fitzgerald
Narrated by	Tommy Lee Jones
Cinematography	Caz Duffy Kieran Fitzgerald John Hall
Edited by	Brendan Fitzgerald Kieran Fitzgerald Shane Slattery-Quintanilla
Music by	Bobby Flores
Distributed by	PBS
Release date	April 27, 2007 (2007-04-27) (Tribeca Film Festival)^[1]
Running time	90 minutes
Countries	United States Mexico
Languages	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.

References

^ "The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez". 20 March 2007.

External links

The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez at IMDb

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