One Day In September Review

One Day In September
Eyewitness accounts from the 1972 Munich Olympics which were interrupted by Palestinian terrorists taking Israeli athletes hostage.

by David Parkinson |
Published on
Release Date:

19 May 2000

Running Time:

92 minutes

Certificate:

15

Original Title:

One Day In September

Ten days into the 1972 Munich Olympics, eight members of the Palestinian Black September group stormed the Israeli team quarters and demanded the release of 236 political prisoners. Twenty-one hours later, 11 Israelis, five terrorists and one German policeman were dead. Awarded the Oscar for Best Documentary, Kevin Macdonald's film is a meticulously researched and revelation-packed insight.

Seamlessly inserted into archive footage, politicians, cops, relatives and reporters offer their recollections, but none is as revealing as Jamal Al Gashey, the terrorists' leader, in his first-ever interview. But what makes this jaw-slackening expose of institutionalised incompetence so compelling is the understated disbelief with which Macdonald presents his damning evidence.

What makes this jaw-slackening expose of institutionalised incompetence so compelling is the understated disbelief with which Macdonald presents his damning evidence.

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