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Taken hostage

Call Number

  • DVD 955.054 T1366 (CEN)

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Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing, English descriptive audio.

Publication Information

[Boston, MA] : WGBH Educational Foundation, [2022]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (approximately 240 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

TV-MA; this program includes material that may not be appropriate for younger viewers. Viewer discretion is advised.

Summary

Unfolding like a political thriller, TAKEN HOSTAGE tells the story of the Iran hostage crisis, when 52 American diplomats, Marines and civilians were held hostage at the American Embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979. For the next 444 days, the world watched as the United States received a daily barrage of humiliation, vitriol and hatred from a country that had long been a close ally. Told through the candid, personal testimony of those whose lives were upended by the action, the crisis would transform both the U.S. and Iran and forever upend the focus and direction of American foreign policy. The film is told largely through the lens of the exceptional love story of former hostage Barry Rosen and his wife, Barbara, who was suddenly thrust into the public eye as the crisis dragged on. Other key figures are Hilary Brown and Carole Jerome, two pioneering female foreign correspondents who risked their lives to uncover the truth of what was happening in Iran; Gary Sick, a senior member of President Carter's national security team and longtime Iran expert; and Colonel James Q. Roberts, a member of the top-secret American commando unit, who recounts details of the failed attempt to rescue the hostages in a daring Special Forces operation. TAKING HOSTAGE uses their candid, personal testimonies to tell the story of these dramatic, history-making events.

Notes

"The making of an American enemy"--Container.

Originally broadcast on PBS as an episode of American experience in 2022.

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