Great documentaries found at local library

There are three documentary films I highly recommend and which can be found in Sandpoint at our own East Bonner County Library.

First is “Something to Cheer About,” which is about the first all-black high school sports team of any sport to win a state championship in the U.S. This happened in mid-1950s Indiana, and this team is arguably the greatest high school basketball team ever put together. Watching this team play, if you didn’t know it was a high school team, you would think you were watching an NBA team of today. One reason being, on this team was the greatest basketball player to ever play the game, the big O, Oscar Robertson.

Oscar Robertson holds an NBA record that will never be broken. He averaged a triple double for the entire 1961-62 season: 30.8 points, 11.4 assists and 12.5 rebounds per game. Oscar did this during a season when the NBA had the most great and future Hall of Fame centers playing at the same time and which the league has never even come close to equaling since. I mention this because when Robertson achieved his record he had to play against the likes of Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain and Walt Bellamy nearly every night. Something Michael Jordan never had to do.

The second film is “Tabloid” by Errol Morris. This film is the wackiest documentary with more twists and turns I’ve ever seen in a movie, thereby proving the saying “truth is stranger than fiction.”

Finally, and perhaps the most important documentary of the three is “Sir!, No Sir!”. This film chronicles the anti-Vietnam War movement within the ranks of the U.S. military. This is what really caused the end of the Vietnam War and is a must watch for anyone who wants to know the truth about why this war ended.

LEE SANTA

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