Hostages (Documentary, English)
Genres: History
Status: Ended
Premiered: 2022-09-28
Ended: 2022-09-29
Network: HBO
Country: US
Airs on: Wednesday
Air time: 21:00
Runtime: 60 minutes
Series explores the Iran hostage crisis of 1979 and the tumultuous history of U.S./Iran relations. 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.