THE THREE HIKERS
Director: Natalie Avital
Producers: Christian Johnston, Denise F. Bohdan, Bobby Field, Jeremy Ward, Jason Gurvitz
Executive Producers: Jon Callaghan, Skip Klintworth, Glen Zipper Featuring: Sarah Shourd, Shane Bauer, Joshua Fattal
Released: TriCoast Worldwide 2015
Genre: Feature Documentary
Synopsis:
“The Three Hikers” tells the story of three Americans (Sarah Shourd, Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal who went hiking in Northern Iraqi Kurdistan in July 2009, and were captured and held as political hostages by the Iranian Government for more than two years. Set against the backdrop of the complex geopolitical stalemate between the United States and Iran and the emergence of their crisis as an international news story, the film chronicles Sarah, Shane and Josh’s time in prison while also telling the very personal story of three families and their unyielding efforts to get their loved ones home.
