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.

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

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.