Law in Popular Culture
Fearless Media Lawyer Mellows in HBO Documentary Filmed by Daughter
A documentary that highlights milestones in First Amendment history during the past century premieres tonight on HBO.
Directed and produced by Liz Garbus, the movie, Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech, also offers an unusually intimate view of her father, attorney Martin Garbus of Eaton & Van Winkle, who appears in the documentary, reports the Blog of Legal Times.
The fierce free speech advocate mellows a bit in front of his daughter’s camera, the blog recounts. Asked by his daughter what lessons he wanted to teach her as a child, Garbus replies “If you don’t fight for it every day, you’re going to lose it.”
Lenny Bruce, Daniel Ellsberg and Don Imus are among the well-known clients he has represented.
