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The Hostage Story | The Looting of Cambodia | Gnawa
TV Flash files “The Hostage Story | The Looting of Cambodia | Gnawa” as hour 687 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 56, episode 14, aired 2023-12-17, 90 min.
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This leaf is S56E14: listed hour 687 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 14 of 31 in season 56. It aired 2023-12-17 (90 min). The listed hour before it is “The Resistance | Red and Green | Novak Djokovic” (S56E13). Next is “The Sperm Whales of Dominica | Monkey Island | Hanging On” (S56E15). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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The Hostage Story – Almost three months into the Israel-Hamas war, correspondent Lesley Stahl returns to the region and speaks with a freed Israeli hostage in her first interview since spending more than 50 days in captivity by Hamas in Gaza. Stahl visits the remnants of the survivor's family's home in the kibbutz following the Oct. 7 attacks and speaks with her and her relatives. Shachar Bar-On is the producer. The Looting of Cambodia – A year-long investigation by 60 MINUTES examines what might be the greatest art heist in history: the theft of thousands of sacred stone, bronze and gold artifacts from religious sites across Cambodia. Correspondent Anderson Cooper reports on Douglas Latchford, the British dealer who masterminded the looting amidst genocide, civil war and political turmoil and sold to the world's wealthiest collectors and most prestigious museums. Cambodia's government has spent the last 10 years tracking it all down and wants their history and heritage brought home. This is a double-length segment. Michael H. Gavshon and Nadim Roberts are the producers. Gnawa –Correspondent Bill Whitaker traces the musical legacy of Gnawa music that for centuries was only played in secret ceremonies by enslaved Black Africans brought to Morocco during the Middle Ages. Those ancient rhythms helped give rise to the American blues. Today, Gnawa is exploding in popularity. Whitaker joins hundreds of thousands of music fans to travel to the ground zero of Gnawa: the seaside town of Essaouira on Morocco's Atlantic coast. Whitaker meets Gnawa masters and the Western musicians who join them for a taste of the Moroccan blues. This is a double-length segment. Heather Abbott is the producer.
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Where does The Hostage Story | The Looting of Cambodia | Gnawa sit in the 60 Minutes guide?
S56E14 is listed hour 687 of 767 — hour 14 of 31 in season 56, season 56 episode 14.
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The Hostage Story | The Looting of Cambodia | Gnawa aired 2023-12-17 and is listed at 90 minutes.
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Also in season 56
- S56E01 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy | Into the Streets| Prime Time in Colorado
- S56E02 CARE Court | Bankrolling the War | Hanging On
- S56E03 The Attorney General | The Rise and Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried
- S56E04 The Godfather of AI | General Milley | Rich Paul | 3D Printing
- S56E05 President Biden | Rescue at the Kibbutz | The 50
- S56E06 The Five Eyes | A Prisoner of Iran | Pink | The Isle of Man