Despite early rumblings of Oscars buzz, Tim Fehlbaum’s Munich hostage crisis film September 5 likely hasn’t generated the pull necessary to put it into serious best-picture conversations. But it has managed to make an impact of its own: arousing sharp opinions, debate and at least one call for it to be pulled from theatres.
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.
September 5 depicts the actions of one ABC broadcasting unit there for the Games and how they pivoted to cover the hostage crisis.
The film debuted to rave reviews in August 2024 at the Venice Film Festival during an uncomfortably prescient moment, …
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