Long Train Running: A History of the Oakland Blues Trailer (1981)

01 January 1981 Factual 29 mins

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.

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Cast

J.P. Phillips as Narrator

Crew

Marlon Riggs Director

International Releases Dates

United States 01 January 1981

Production Companies

University of California Berkeley

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