Oilies

Early 1980s. OPEC tightens its grip on crude oil flowing from the ground. America can't get enough oil, so the scramble is on to drill and produce more domestic American crude, which drives the price toward $100 a barrel.

Oilies puts ordinary people inside that boom: the crews, the families waiting at home, and the towns that swelled and emptied with the price of a barrel.

It is a story about money and work, and about what people are willing to trade for both.