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. References External links 2000s Spanish-language films American documentary films 2007 documentary films 2007 films Films about the United States Marine Corps Films set in Texas Documentary films about crime in the United States 2000s American films