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Bad Hostage

2025 39 min United States English, Swedish
Director Mimi Wilcox

Synopsis

Weaving together three 1970s kidnapping cases — including the Norrmalmstorg bank robbery (origin of "Stockholm Syndrome"), the Patty Hearst abduction, and the director's own family — the film interrogates the inherent sexism embedded in the concept of Stockholm Syndrome.

Participants / Featured (as credited)

Kristin Enmark Self
Michaela Fessier-Garloff Self
Patricia Hearst Archival

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