Rebels of Oakland The As The Raiders The 70s (2003)

As soon as you hear the title to this new one you know exactly what its about and why its likely to be good especially if you were a sports fan growing up in the 1970s Even to good boys all the way across the country in New Hampshire the authorityflouting baseball As and football Raiders were magical Not only did they win championships they did it amid clubhouse brawls feuds with an owner and a general embrace of the 1960s aesthetic Filmmakers Rick Bernstein and Ross Greenburg tell the stories of these turbulent talented teams and show how they perfectly fit their city Oakland was blue collar and home to hardcore hardcore 1960s rebellion exemplified by the Black Panthers Oakland especially was not San Francisco the effete worldclass city across the bay