Well-acted and tight, maybe to a fault, the docudrama “September 5” revisits the 1972 Olympics massacre in Munich in which 11 members of the Israeli Olympic team died, along with five members of the Palestinian terrorist faction known as Black September and a West German policeman.

Peter Sarsgaard stars as TV sports producer Roone Arledge in this recount of how ABC covered the 1972 terrorist crisis.

ABC Sports coverage of the Munich Games is at the center of Tim Fehlbaum’s take on the ethics of broadcasting tragedy.

Unfolding like a thriller but uncomfortably real, “September 5” is a haunting portrait of a time when seeing terrorism live on TV was something new and strange.

Tim Fehlbaum directs this suspenseful step-by-step look at how the network’s sports crew brought the Black September hostage crisis to viewers.

Watching “September 5” — which gets a wide theatrical release this week after its debut in select markets late last year — you can’t help but think about another 2024 film, “Saturday Night.” In