Words Chloe Howard

The 1972 Munich Olympics were notable as the first on German soil since the Second World War, but also as the first to ever be broadcast to television audiences around the world via global satellite. The stage is set for a day that will change media coverage forever.

The competition was heating up between the Olympic greats of their day, but everything was soon overshadowed by shocking events that made headlines around the world. A hostage crisis involving Israeli athletes and Black September Palestinian terrorists halted the Games, but the cameras kept rolling.

It’s a harrowing story told and retold many times onscreen and most famously in Steven Spielberg’s Munich. Now, fifty-three years on from the horrific events, it’s brought to life once more, but from a whole new perspective.

September 5 tells the story through the eyes of the American broadcasting team who face moral, ethical, political, and emotional dilemmas of whether or not they should show the world the events unfolding around them. With Peter Sarsgaard, Ben Chaplin, and John Magaro among the star-studded cast, follow the palpably tense events as the sports team make decisions as the whole world watches.

Terror Vision

Many filmmakers have tackled the tough subject matter of terror head on with compelling stories told in very different ways.

United 93

Paul Greengrass’s real-time recreation of real Flight 93 – hijacked on September 11th, 2001 – follows the heroic passengers who take fate into their own hands and fight the terrorists themselves.

Four Lions

As sharp a satire as you can get, Chris Morris takes the comedy route in following British Muslim friends who want to be martyrs to their faith. Except… everything keeps going wrong.

Argo

Based on extraordinarily true events, Ben Affleck directs and stars in the story of a CIA agent who stages a dangerous and audacious operation to save U.S. hostages held in Tehran through the guise of filming a fake sci-fi film.