Product: One Day in September [VHS] (2006)
Rating: 5.0
ESSENTIAL FOR ANY STUDY OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
This documentary is a brilliant study of the 1972 murder of 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics. It follows the entire incident from the beginning of the Games to the death/escape of the Palestinian terrorists. It also contains some coverage of the post-Olympic Mossad's revenge killings of some of the terrorists, though not in much detail.What makes the film indispensible is the interview with the lone survivor of the Palestinian terrorist group that committed the murders (he has been in hiding ever since and the Mossad has not been able to track him down). It is the only documentary in existence that contains the direct perspective of any member of the terrorist group.It won the 1999 "Best Documentary" Academy Award and is narrated by Michael Douglas. Contains extensive footage from ABC's TV coverage of the event.