The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez explained

The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández
Director:	Kieran Fitzgerald
Producer:	Michael Fitzgerald Brendan Fitzgerald
Based On:	The killing of Esequiel Hernández Jr
Narrator:	Tommy Lee Jones
Music:	Bobby Flores
Cinematography:	Caz Duffy Kieran Fitzgerald John Hall
Editing:	Brendan Fitzgerald Kieran Fitzgerald Shane Slattery-Quintanilla
Distributor:	PBS
Runtime:	90 minutes
Country:	United States Mexico
Language:	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.