Bad Hostage

Bad Hostage

2024 · 40 min · ★ 7.0 · Documentary, History

In a investigation into the pernicious origins of Stockholm Syndrome, a thrilling family story intersects with a dramatic bank robbery in Sweden (1973) and the famous kidnapping of Patty Hearst (1974).

Directed by Mimi Wilcox

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