Interview: Hansjörg Weißbrich on Looking at History and Mixing New and Archival Footage in ‘September 5’

In Tim Fehlbaum’s September 5, ABC has a crew in Munich for the 1972 Olympics covering the games. When members of the Israeli team are taken hostage by armed gunmen, they realize that they have an exclusive access point to the unfolding drama, navigating uncharted territory about what they can and can’t show while switching to an entirely different brand of reporting than they had planned.

Awards Buzz spoke with editor Hansjörg Weißbrich about what he knew of the real-life events portrayed in this film and how that played into his work. Watch the video above to hear about the tightrope walk of using footage from the era and blending it seamlessly with actors in part of the firame.

September 5 opens in theaters in limited release on Friday, December 13^th and wide on Friday, January 17^th.