The documentary film “Where I Stand: The Hank Greenspun Story” played at the San Diego Jewish Film Festival (SDJFF) and won the Audience Choice Award for Best Documentary in February. On June 6, it will be shown again at the Best of the Fest screening at the Garfield Theatre in the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center. The Best of the Fest screening offers people who missed the film in February a chance to see it. Scott Goldstein is the director, writer and producer of the award-winning documentary film that explores the life of Hank Greenspun, a former publisher of the Las Vegas Sun newspaper and writer of the column “Where I Stand.” “He’s been described as a real-life Indiana Jones,” said Goldstein of Greenspun. Greenspun had a reputation for fearlessly fighting injustice, said Goldstein, who described Greenspun as the last of the fire-breathing news guys. Greenspun, who grew up in Brooklyn, was a decorated World War II veteran who later became a criminal lawyer, Goldstein said. “It made him sick because he was getting guilty people off the hook,” Goldstein said. In his late 30s, Greenspun moved to Las Vegas and after that, Goldstein said, is when “all the big stuff happened in his life.” Goldstein explained that in the film, Greenspun was a gunrunner in Israel, a PR man for Bugsy Siegel and the only reporter to publicly confront Senator Joseph McCarthy. After the film, Goldstein will take part in a question and answer period with the audience. Goldstein anticipates questions from viewers about the evidence he has in support of the events of the film. He often gets asked if Greenspun was, in fact, like the man portrayed in the film. The answer Goldstein gives is, yes. “The basic theme of the movie is that one person can make a humungous difference in the world when they are dedicated to the pursuit of justice,” Goldstein said. The film will be shown Sunday, June 6 at 7 p.m. in the Garfield Theatre at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, 4126 Executive Drive. For ticket information visit www.lfjcc.org.
