The ballad of Esequiel Hernàndez
Film et Vidéo
- Auteurs : Fitzgerald Kieran ; Jones Tommy Lee (1946-...) ;
- Editeurs : Watertown, MA Documentary Educational Resources [éd., prod., distrib.] ;
- Date d'édition : Cop. 2008
- Sujets : Armes à feu -- Contrôle -- Etats-Unis -- DVD, Forces armées, Immigrés clandestins, Immigration history society, Postes-frontières, Texas (États-Unis) -- DVD États-Unis, Films documentaires DVD États-Unis
- Langue(s) : Anglais
- Description matérielle : 1 DVD mono face toutes zones (1 h 23min), : Coul. (PAL), son.
- Pays de publication : États-Unis
Notes
Version originale en anglais ; Lieu de tournage : Amérique, Etats-Unis, Texas, 2007 ? ; Best Film, Human Rights Category, Mexico City International Film Festival, 2007 ; Best documentary, Santa Fe, Film Festival ; Best documentary, Binational Independent Film Festival
Résumé
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 Hernàndez 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. The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández tells a frightening and cautionary tale about the dangers of using military as domestic law enforcement. When Esequiel Hernández was shot in 1997 he became the first American killed by U.S. military forces on native soil since the 1970 Kent State shootings. Shortly afterward, the administration suspended all military operations along the border. Nearly 10 years later, the military returned to the border, this time as part of the war on terror and the George W. Bush administration's effort to stem illegal immigration.