I Love Journalism Movies, And September 5 Is One Of The Best I’ve Ever Seen

I Love Journalism Movies, And September 5 Is One Of The Best I’ve Ever Seen
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I am an enormous fan of journalism movies. We don’t get as many as I think we should. Perhaps the idea of journalism as “entertainment” isn’t en vogue, but I personally think it’s tense, dramatic, and satisfying when reporters chip away at the central truths of a complicated story… especially when they don’t like what they find. In the years that they came out, Spotlight and The Post – two recent examples of spectacular journalism movies – earned the top slot on my Year End list. This year already, there are two that are in contention, who likely will take that spot, between Civil War and the gripping, important September 5.

September 5 currently is flying under the radar of most audiences, but I think the buzz on it will only increase as word of mouth spreads. Directed by Tim Fehlbaum, September 5 takes place during the Olympic Games of 1972, held in Munich at a time when the world still felt uncomfortable embracing Germany in a post-World War II society. During the Games, eight members of the Palestinian terrorist group Black September overtook the athlete compound and held several Olympians hostage. Steven Spielberg took a macro approach to this story in his harrowing drama Munich. But Fehlbaum and his cast look at the events through a far more granular lens, and it’s what helps this movie – which I screened at the SCAD Savannah FIlm Festival – stand apart.

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