The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez
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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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in 2007 and at the El Paso festival in 2008.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
that investigates the murky assassination of Esequiel Hernández Jr
Esequiel Hernández Jr
Esequiel Hernández Jr was an 18-year-old American high school student killed on May 20, 1997 by United States Marines in Redford, Texas, located approximately one mile from the United States–Mexico border...
by US Marines. It is written and directed by Kieran Fitzgerald and narrated by Tommy Lee Jones
Tommy Lee Jones
Tommy Lee Jones is an American actor and film director. He has received three Academy Award nominations, winning one as Best Supporting Actor for the 1993 thriller film The Fugitive....
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Cast
- Tommy Lee JonesTommy Lee JonesTommy Lee Jones is an American actor and film director. He has received three Academy Award nominations, winning one as Best Supporting Actor for the 1993 thriller film The Fugitive....
- 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 FestivalSanta Fe Film Festival
The Santa Fe Film Festival is a Non-Profit Organization which presents important world cinema in a non-commercial context that represents aesthetic, critical and entertainment standards highlighting New Mexican film, new American and foreign film including revivals, retrospectives, independent...
in 2007 and at the El Paso festival in 2008.