The ballad of Esequiel Hernández /
In 1997, no one in the small town (pop. 100) of Redford, Texas knew that U.S. Marine teams, fully camouflaged and armed with M16 rifles, had been secretly deployed to their section of the border. Farmers like the Hernández family, who lived by the river, went on working their fields and tending to t...
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic Video |
| Language: | English |
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Watertown, Mass. :
Documentary Educational Resources,
2007
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| Series: | Ethnographic video online.
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| Summary: | In 1997, no one in the small town (pop. 100) of Redford, Texas knew that U.S. Marine teams, fully camouflaged and armed with M16 rifles, had been secretly deployed to their section of the border. Farmers like the Hernández family, who lived by the river, went on working their fields and tending to their livestock. On the evening of May 20, 18-year-old Esequiel Hernández Jr. left the house to tend to his family's goats, taking with him, as usual, a .22 rifle to keep away wild dogs. It was the last evening of his life. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (82 min.) |
| Production Credits: | Original music, Bobby Flores ; director of photography, Kieran Fitzgerald |
| Participant or Performer: | Narrator, Tommy Lee Jones. |
| Date/Time and Place of an Event Note: | Recorded in Tex., Castle Rock, Wash., Owosso, Mich., Tehachapi, Calif., and Naco, Ariz. |
