The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez

Name: The Ballad of Esequiel Hernandez
Rating: 100

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2007

1h 30m

Documentary

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U.S. Marines kill an 18-year-old U.S. student near the Mexican border in 1997.

Mike Hale

New York Times

[The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández] puts the killing in the context of geopolitics.

Oct 19, 2020

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Robert Koehler

Variety

Wide range of interviewed witnesses, legal and investigative experts is impressive, as is the depth of the pic's human portraits.

Oct 19, 2020

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Jeremy Goren

Remezcla

Fitzgerald really cut it together well. There's a compelling progression to the story, and he got so many people with so much to say that the film doesn't get tiresome.

Apr 6, 2021

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Scott Foundas

L.A. Weekly

It offers an urgent contribution to the raging debate over the physical and psychological divides separating the U.S. from its neighbor to the south.

Oct 19, 2020

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Wade Major

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

You get a very complete picture, with no voices left out. It takes a slight propaganda drip at the end, which I found unfortunate, but it doesn't invalidate the rest of the film.

May 15, 2020

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A well-done documentary on the human costs of militarizing the U.S./Mexican border with armed soldiers trained for combat and little else.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Kieran Fitzgerald

Director

Tommy Lee Jones

Narrator

Brendan Fitzgerald

Producer

Peter Gilbert

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Synopsis

U.S. Marines kill an 18-year-old U.S. student near the Mexican border in 1997.

Director: Kieran Fitzgerald
Producer: Brendan Fitzgerald
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 21, 2020
Runtime: 1h 30m

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