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Hostages

When you're in solitary for that long and when you're out of communication your...

Hostages • S01E03 • 2022
When you're in solitary for that long and when you're out of communication your imagination starts
to work overtime

Full Transcript

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When you're in solitary for that long
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and when you're out of communication
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your imagination starts to work overtime.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:06:01
Uploaded
Mar 17, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
Genres
documentary, history

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Movie Summary

November 4, 1979, Iranian student activists stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran, taking over 60 Americans hostage. A 48-hour sit-in to protest imperialism, turned into an international crisis and 24/7 media event that would last 44...
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I mean, she probably would've been captured herself
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Down with CIA!
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It went on forever
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Allahu Akbar!
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I've spent most of my career at the Washington Post