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Directed by | Stefan Forbes |
Written by | Stefan Forbes |
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Cinematography | Stefan Forbes |
Edited by | Stefan Forbes |
Music by | Jonathan Sanford |
Production company | InterPositive Media |
Distributed by | IFC Films |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $5,614[1][2] |
Hold Your Fire is a 2021 American documentary film written, directed, shot, edited, and produced by Stefan Forbes. It is about the 1973 Brooklyn hostage crisis, a 47-hour standoff in New York City in January 1973 that saw one of the first successful uses of crisis negotiation by American law enforcement. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2021, and was theatrically released on May 20, 2022 by IFC Films.