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'September 5' revisits the seminal Munich Olympics attack broadcast, with questions for today

Jan. 16, 2025 12:48 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly all of the new film “September 5” takes place in the darkened, smokey control room from which ABC Sports broadcast the hostage crisis of the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. All around the room is a buzzing clutter of period analog equipment. The video...

Movie Review: ‘September 5’ goes inside a newsroom during the Munich Olympics hostage crisis

Dec. 11, 2024 16:34 PM EST

News junkies will find much to love in “September 5,” a fictionalized account of ABC’s live coverage of the hostage crisis during the 1972 Munich Olympics. There are spirited debates about reporting with only one source, use of words like “terrorism” and what to do if violence breaks out...