"ARGO": Behind the Scenes with Jonna Mendez In-Person
Many know about the story of the 52 Americans who were held hostage for 444 days in Tehran after militants stormed the U.S. embassy in November 1979. However, there were six other Americans working for the government who were not taken hostage that day. The movie ARGO tells the real story of how those six eventually got out of the country in an operation conceived and executed by the CIA’s operational mastermind, Antonio J. Mendez.
Register to save your seat. This program will be in-person only and will not be livestreamed or archived.
Iconoclast Books will also be on hand with Jonna's books, and a book signing will follow the presentation.
Jonna Mendez, current Hemingway Writer-In-Residence and the former Chief of Disguise at the CIA and a 27-year CIA employee, will share clips from the film and recount the behind-the-scenes story of ARGO – both the operation itself and the making of the movie (and the writing of the book). Both Antonio and Jonna Mendez were career employees of the CIA’s “Q”, supporting covert operations around the world. Jonna and Anthony co-authored several books together, including Spy Dust, Argo, and The Moscow Rules.
- Date:
- Thursday, September 1, 2022
- Time:
- 6:00pm - 7:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Mountain Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- John A. and Carole O. Moran Lecture Hall
- Campus:
- The Community Library
- Audience:
- Adults
- Categories:
- Lectures & Conversations
