The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez
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.