Film and photography
Flight 149: Hostage of War (British & Irish Film Festival Luxembourg)
When
Thursday The 18.09.2025
21:15 - 21:15
Where
Ciné Utopia
16 Avenue de la Faiencerie
L-1510 Luxembourg
Description
..Flight 149: Hostage of War
Country : EN
Genre : documentary
Duration : 90 mins
Directed by : Jenny Ash
Starring
Synopsis : A documentary film that explores the 1990 British Airways Flight 149 hostage crisis, featuring interviews with hostages, politicians, Kuwaiti resistance members and people who knew Saddam Hussein.
Flight 149 was permitted to land in Kuwait for refueling during the Gulf War. Iraqi forces seized the plane and took the passengers and crew hostage for five months; they were used as human shields in military and chemical plants, and endured mock executions, rape and near starvation.
Developed by Sky Arts.
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Thursday 18.09.2025
21H15
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