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High-profile hostage negotiations often grab headlines, but the arduous process of setting hostage Americans free has been kept secret — until now

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67% Informative

Take No Prisoners premiered at the 2025 South by Southwest Film & TV Festival .

The documentary follows the family of Eyvin Hernandez as they fight to free him from a prison in Venezuela .

It spotlights the work of Roger Carstens , who worked as a special presidential envoy for hostage affairs.

Take No Prisoners premiered on March 8 at South by Southwest .

De: Hostage-taking is a biblical plague that continues to this moment.

Ciralsky: The countries that take Americans hostage are not our allies. They're our worst, most fraught adversaries. It’s a really bitter pill to swallow that we have to move to their beat.

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60

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53

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37

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informal

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English

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37

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