Liukin is one of 6 featured in Greenspan’s ‘Beijing 2008 - America’s Olympic Glory

In 2008, Liukin won five medals, the most by any Olympic female gymnast in Beijing. Coached by father Valeri, a 1988 gold medalist for the Soviet Union, Liukin continued the family’s Olympic tradition by winning the all-around title 20 years later. The two hour film also features: swim team captain Jason Lezak whose thrilling world best final leg (46.06) in the 4 x 100 freestyle relay earned the United States an upset victory over France; Brenda Villa, a three-time Olympian in water polo who captained her team to their third Olympic medal; the women’s 8-oared crew that defeated archrival Romania to capture the USA’s first gold medal since 1984; Keeth and Erinn Smart, siblings from Brooklyn, N.Y., who overcame the loss of both parents and serious illness to win silver medals in the men’s team saber and women’s team foil; and Dawn Harper and Lolo Jones, two hurdlers and the differing but inspiring results they achieved in Beijing.

The film is 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.