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Bad Hostage (2025)
Oscar Qualifier · Documentary Short Film · 39 min
Director
Mimi Wilcox
Bad Hostage is a 2025 documentary short film running 39 minutes, directed by Mimi Wilcox — an Oscar-shortlisted short at the Academy Awards.
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
Where to Watch
Sources
- Shortlist AMPAS 98th Oscars Shortlists Retrieved Dec 17, 2024