Poster of Long Train Running: A History of the Oakland Blues

Long Train Running: A History of the Oakland Blues

Plot: Marlon Riggs and Peter Webster’s thesis project reflects on the heyday of Oakland blues in the late 1940s and ’50s, when an influx of African American shipyard workers mostly hailing from Louisiana and Texas arrived in the Bay Area. Combining vintage photographs, archival footage, interviews, and performances at venues like Eli’s Mile High Club, Riggs and Webster chronicle Oakland’s vibrant past while revealing an uncertain present
Release Date: Thursday, January 1 1981
43 years ago
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Portrait of J.P. PhillipsJ.P. Phillips
J.P. Phillips was
>> in Long Train Running: A History of the Oakland Blues
as 'Narrator'.
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Portrait of Peter WebsterPeter Webster
Peter Webster was
>> in Long Train Running: A History of the Oakland Blues
as 'Director, Writer, Editor, Producer, Camera Operator'
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Portrait of Marlon RiggsMarlon Riggs
Marlon Riggs was
23 in Long Train Running: A History of the Oakland Blues
as 'Director, Camera Operator, Producer, Editor, Writer'
Sun, Feb 03 1957 –
Tue, Apr 05 1994