When in the course of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, radical Islamists take fifty-two American diplomats and citizens hostage in Tehran, President Jimmy Carter secretly green-lights the training for a rescue mission. America’s Special Forces soldiers find themselves in uncharted territory, planning a top-secret rescue of unprecedented scale and complexity. Driven by deep empathy toward the kidnapped Americans, the heart-pounding and unforeseen events the rescue team participated in will forever unite them. Two-time Academy Award® winner Barbara Kopple (HARLAN COUNTY U.S.A., AMERICAN DREAM) recounts the thrilling but ultimately tragically failed attempt to rescue the hostages. The film also presents Iranian perspectives on this important moment in their history. The film includes a wealth of unearthed archival sources, as well as intimate interviews with President Carter, Vice President Walter Mondale, Ted Koppel, former hostages, journalists, and Iranian student revolutionaries who orchestrated the take-over of the American Embassy in Tehran. In English and Persian with English subtitles. (Description courtesy of Greenwich Entertainment)