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.
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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 | Caz Duffy Kieran Fitzgerald John Hall |
Edited by | Brendan Fitzgerald Kieran Fitzgerald Shane Slattery-Quintanilla |
Music by | Bobby Flores |
Distributed by | PBS |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Countries | United States Mexico |
Languages | English Spanish |
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.
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