The show will premier on Showtime Monday October 19th.
For the second time in two films, Greenspan is featuring a fencing story. The 2004 Athens film featured the historic victory by Mariel Zagunis. The Beijing film features Keeth and Erinn Smart and their journey from their early days at the Peter Westbrook Foundation thru to their silver medal wins in Beijing. This is a family story that is sure to bring further attention to the great sport of Fencing.
{sidebar id=1} The press release from Cappy Productions continues: "Keeth and Erinn Smart, siblings from Brooklyn, New York and students at the Peter Westbrook Foundation since 1991; entered Beijing having overcome the loss of both parents and serious illness to win silver medals in the men’s team saber and women’s team foil competitions. "
The film marks the 12th in a series of Olympic Games films by Greenspan and Cappy Productions, Inc. His previous Olympic documentaries beginning with 1984 Summer games in Los Angeles have chronicled every Olympics (except for 1992 Albertville) through the 2006 Torino Winter Games. Greenspan has been called the foremost writer/producer/director of sports films and one of the world’s leading sports historians. His numerous awards include seven Emmys®, the George Foster Peabody Award for Lifetime Achievement, the Directors Guild of America Life Time Achievement Award, the International Fair Play Award and the coveted "Olympic Order" by International Olympic Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch for his contribution to furthering the Olympic movement. In 2004, Bud was inducted into the United States Olympic Committee Hall of Fame for his body of work and his humanistic approach to filming the Olympic Games.