I have grown up watching historical, horrible and formative moments unfold live on TV, but September 5 takes us back to what was really the first of these moments. Filmmaker Tim Fehlbaum, with a cast that includes Peter Sarsgaard and John Magaro, creates a heart-pounding historical drama that incredibly recreates a defining moment of the 20th century, almost entirely in a single location, one that changed media forever.
The event is the 1972 Munich Olympics, where Israeli athletes were taken hostage by members of the terrorist group known as Black September inside the Olympic Village. September 5 chronicles the ABC Sports broadcast crew that is bringing the Olympics live to audiences in the US for the first time. However, when the hostage crisis begins they must go from tracking medals to following the story of whether or not these games meant to symbolize peace are going to be devastated beyond belief.
