Hostages
"444 days. Decades in the making."
Overview
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.
Details
| Status: | Ended |
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| First Air Date: | 2022-09-28 |
| Last Air Date: | 2022-09-29 |
| Networks: | HBO |
| Production: | Show of Force, HBO Documentary Films |
