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‘September 5’ focuses on news, not Jews, in dramatizing 1972 Munich attack on Israeli Olympians

JL;DR SUMMARY "September 5" is a new film that revisits the 1972 Munich Olympics tragedy, focusing on the media's role in the live coverage of the abduction and murder of 11 Israeli athletes by the Palestinian terror group Black September. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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TerrorismPalestinian ConflictSteven SpielbergMediaMunich OlympicsAbc NewsMark SpitzTim Fehlbaum1972

Places mentioned

Munich, Bavaria, Germany
"members of the Palestinian terror group Black September killed two of the Israelis in their dorm in the Olympic Village and held the remaining nine as hostages."
Israel
"Both are historical tragedies involving the murder of Israelis by Palestinian terrorists; both involved the taking of hostages, some of whom were American citizens; and both are remembered with the invocation of a specific date."
United States
"some of whom were American citizens; and both are remembered with the invocation of a specific date."
Switzerland
"Fehlbaum, who is a native of Switzerland, does not have any Jewish ancestry."

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