Long Train Running: A History of the Oakland Blues
198129m6.0
Documentary
- Runtime
- 29m
- Genre
- Documentary
- Origin
- United States of America
About
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.
Where to watch
Not available to stream in United States yet.
Details
- Director
- Peter Webster, Marlon Riggs
- Writing
- Peter Webster, Marlon Riggs
- Status
- Released
- Released
- Jan 1, 1981
- Studio
- University of California Berkeley
Cast
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