Hostages
2022 - 2022
6.3 (8)
1 hr 0 min
English
444 days. Decades in the making.
1 season, 4 episodes
On November 4, 1979, Iranian student activists stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran, taking over 60 Americans hostage. What was planned as a 48-hour sit-in to protest American imperialism, ballooned into an international crisis and 24/7 media event that would last 444 days. With never-before-seen archival footage and revelatory new interviews with the American hostages and Iranian hostage-takers alike, the series is a gripping chronicle of one of the most dramatic international deadlocks in American history, a deep dive into the geo-political history that led to the crisis, and an exploration of the political fallout that reverberates today.
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- Status
- Ended
- Production
- Show of Force, HBO Documentary Films
Keywords
- miniseries
- historical event
- iran hostage crisis
- u.s. embassy
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Saralena Weinfield · Producer
Lisa Heller · Executive Producer
Sara Rodriguez · Executive Producer
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