HOSTAGES on HBOMax...
If you are of a certain age, the Iranian hostage crisis was a defining moment and shaped your world view. But if you were very young, as I was, you only understood part of the events.
The four part HBO documentary "Hostages" is a comprehensive history of the event, everything that led up to it and why it happened. It is amazingly objective for a documentary, simply presenting the events without taking any sides and presenting the views of all sides involved.
It has some uncanny details, things I never heard or read about even in my later study of things.
And of course, some unexpected firearms. Prior to the revolution Iran has a HK contract facility so while the rest of the area was running around with AKs, Iran's primary military rifle was the G3.
A word of warning, this one pulls no punches. It can sometimes be troubling to watch, nothing on the scale of 9-11, but if you knew anyone involved in any way, it will bring all of that back.
If you thought ARGO was an excellent film (which I did), this is the rest of the story.
It's hard to be a ACLU hating, philosophically Libertarian, socially liberal, fiscally conservative, scientifically grounded, agnostic, porn admiring gun owner who believes in self determination.
Chuck, we miss ya man.
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