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'Bring Them Home' - Film Screening and Conversation. What happens when one country takes another country’s citizen hostage? What can families do? What are their lives like as they fight for the freedom of loved ones? Join the Pulitzer Center and Huston-Tillotson University on Wednesday, October 26, for an exploration of these issues with journalist Kate Woodsome of The Washington Post and freelance film editor Katrina De Vera, who worked together on Bring Them Home. Americans Emad Shargi and his wife, Bahareh, were enjoying the freedom of being empty-nesters and visiting Iran, where they were born, while their daughters attended college. Then Iranian officials arrested and imprisoned Emad on bogus espionage charges. The film explores how his wife and daughters were forced into unlikely roles in their efforts to secure his release, finding the strength to navigate Iran’s authoritarian system and U.S. politics as their husband and father became a pawn in negotiations over ....

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