Synopsis September 5 Movie:
During the 1972 Munich Olympics, an American sports broadcasting crew finds itself thrust into covering the hostage crisis involving Israeli athletes.
The movie focuses on the events of Sept. 5, 1972, at the Munich Olympics, when the Palestinian militant organization Black September stormed the Olympic Village, killed two Israeli athletes and took nine more hostage. Ultimately, all the Israeli hostages lost their lives. Nearly one billion people from around the world watched as the crisis unfolded in real time.
The film debuted to rave reviews in August 2024 at the Venice Film Festival during an uncomfortably prescient moment, with the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack on Israel not even a year in the past. The resulting war between Israel and Hamas was in one of its fiercest periods, and the current ceasefire deal, agreed upon just this week, was still months away.
September 5 Movie Review Rating:
R, Now Playing, 1h 34m, Mystery & Thriller/History/Drama/Sports/War