The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez
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The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández | |
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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 | Kieran Fitzgerald |
Edited by | Kieran Fitzgerald Shane Slattery-Quintanilla |
Music by | |
Distributed by | PBS |
Release date |
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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 in 2007, the Santa Fe Film Festival in 2007 and at the in 2008.
References[]
- ^ "The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez". 20 March 2007.
External links[]
Categories:
- 2007 films
- American films
- 2000s Spanish-language films
- American documentary films
- 2007 documentary films
- Films about the United States Marine Corps
- Films set in Texas
- Documentary films about crime in the United States
- Documentary film stubs
- 2000s film stubs