Introduction

Hostages is a HBO documentary series directed by Joshua Bennett, Maro Chermayeff, Jeff Dupre, Abbas Motlagh and Sam Pollard.

Outline

The four-part series explores events of the 1979 Iranian revolution and the 1979-1981 Iran hostage crisis, examining other dimensions of the crisis, like the US role in the Middle East politics during the 70’s, and its impact on 1980 US presidential elections, as well as the aftermath of the Iranian revolution.

Some footage used in the series were never seen before.

Cast

The series consists of footage from Iranian revolutionaries, hostage-takers and other Islamic Republic officials, as well as interviews with involved people like Mohsen Sazegara, Abolhassan Banisadr, Masoumeh Ebtekar, and some of the hostages including Michael J. Metrinko, John W. Limbert, and Victor L. Tomseth.

Hostages Series

• Episode 01: The Peacock Throne.
• Episode 02: Den of Spies.
• Episode 03: The Sand Storm.
• Episode 04: The Transaction.

Production & Filming Details

• Presenter(s):
• Director(s):
  • Abbas Ahmadi Motlagh … (4 episodes, 2022)
    Maro Chermayeff … (2 episodes, 2022)
    Sam Pollard … (2 episodes, 2022)
    Joshua Bennett … (1 episode, 2022)
    Jeff Dupre … (1 episode, 2022)
• Producer(s):
  • Nancy Abraham … executive producer (4 episodes, 2022)
  • Audra Arnaudon … Additional Line Producer (4 episodes, 2022)
  • Joshua Bennett … producer (4 episodes, 2022)
  • Brian David Cange … supervising producer (4 episodes, 2022)
  • Maro Chermayeff … producer (4 episodes, 2022)
  • Jeff Dupre … producer (4 episodes, 2022)
  • Shahruz Ghaemi … Associate Archival Producer (4 episodes, 2022)
  • Lisa Heller … executive producer (4 episodes, 2022)
  • Gelareh Kiazand … producer (4 episodes, 2022)
  • Christine Le Goff … producer (4 episodes, 2022)
  • Timothy Moran … archival producer (4 episodes, 2022)
  • Sam Pollard … producer (4 episodes, 2022)
  • Sara Rodriguez … executive producer (4 episodes, 2022)
  • Karim Sadjadpour … consulting producer (4 episodes, 2022)
  • Amy Schewel … archival producer (4 episodes, 2022)
  • Lucy Sexton … story producer (4 episodes, 2022)
  • Claire Sinofsky … associate producer / story producer: Paris unit (4 episodes, 2022)
  • Saralena Weinfield … series producer (4 episodes, 2022)
  • Daniel Wyss … consulting producer (4 episodes, 2022)
• Writer(s):
• Music:
  • Adam Peters … (4 episodes, 2022)
• Cinematography:
  • Wolfgang Held … (4 episodes, 2022)
  • Ali Jalali … (4 episodes, 2022)
  • Xavier Liberman … (4 episodes, 2022)
  • Pierre Rios … (4 episodes, 2022)
• Editor(s):
  • R.A. Fedde … (2 episodes, 2022)
  • E. Donna Shepherd … (2 episodes, 2022)
  • Ed Barteski … (1 episode, 2022)
  • David Osit … (1 episode, 2022)
• Production:
  • Home Box Office (HBO)
  • Show of Force
• Distributor(s):
  • HBO (worldwide, VOD)
• Release Date: 28 September 2022.
• Running time: 60 minutes.
• Rating: TV-MA.
• Country: US.
• Language: English.

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