 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekugadzira nhevedzano yemafirimu ezvinyorwa zvehupenyu, Macdonald akatungamira One Day in September 1999, pamusoro pekuurayiwa kwevatambi veIsrael pa1972 Munich Olimpiki. Zvichida chinhu chinoshamisa zvikurusa cheiyi firimu yakanga iri bvunzurudzo refu naJamal Al-Gashey, akapukunyuka wokupedzisira anozivikanwa wamagandanga eMunichzvakataurwa munguva pfupi yapfuura mubhuku raAaron Klein rinonzi Striking Back kuti mumwewo, Mohammed Safady, angave achiri mupenyu. Macdonald akawana Al-Gashey achishandisa vamiririri, uye akakwanisa kumupwisa kuti firimu racho raizova rechokwadi chete kana Al-Gashey akapa divi rake renhau. Sezvo aichimbova gandanga aiva nechokwadi chokuti zviremera zveIsrael zvakanga zvichiri kumuvhima akanga akavanda kubva pakubhadharwa kuti apinde mundege yakatorwa mwedzi miviri isati yapera mushure mekuparadzwa kweMunich, Al-Gashey akabvuma kubvunzurudzwa chete pamusana pekuti aizofukidzwa, chiso chake chaizoratidzwa mumumvuri kana kuti chisina kujeka, uye kuti kubvunzurudzwa kwaizoitwa nemunhu uye munzvimbo yeAl-Gashey yakasarudzwa iyo yakabuda kuva Amman, Jordan, kunyange zvazvo Al-Gashey akabvuma kuti Macdonald aigona kuvapo. Sezvo kubvunzurudzwa kwakaitwa zvachose muchiArabic kunyange zvazvo Al-Gashey aizivikanwa kuti aiziva chiRungu, achinge abvunzurudzwa mumutauro muna 1972, uye Al-Gashey kuburikidza nekushungurudzika kana kushatirwa aiwanzoputika kubva mukamuri yekubvunzurudzwa, Macdonald aisaziva kana aive nechimwe chinhu chinoshandiswa kusvikira adzokera kuLondon ndokubhadhara muturikiri wechiArabic. Firimu racho rakawana mubayiro weOscar weBest Documentary. 