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Hostages

2022 · 1 season

A sober, gripping historical chronicle that immerses you in a tense international standoff through firsthand accounts and archival footage.

Created by
Joshua Bennett, Sam Pollard
Genres
Documentary
Tagline
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.

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Created by
Joshua Bennett, Sam Pollard
Genres
Documentary
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • politics
  • power
  • war
  • survival
  • media
Places
  • big city
  • military
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
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Action3
Horror2
Humour1
Realism10
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
documentary
Created by
Joshua Bennett, Sam Pollard, Abbas Ahmadi Motlagh, Maro Chermayeff
Length
1 seasons, 4 episodes, 60 min each
Network
HBO
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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