On Sept. 5, 1972, millions watched a tense international hostage situation unfold live on ABC television, as members of a militant Palestinian faction calling itself Black September infiltrated the Olympic Village in Munich, Germany, and held the Israeli team hostage. In “September 5,” we watch the sports crew of an American TV network step up to the challenge of covering such a monumental event. For better or worse (be assured, the movie leaves room for debate), their decisions made history, as the incident fed on media attention, and ABC became the first network to broadcast an act of terrorism on live TV.
Even those who weren’t alive at the
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