Original title
Long Train Running: A History of the Oakland Blues
Released
1/1/1981
Origin country
US
Genre
Documentary
Production companies
University of California Berkeley
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Runtime
0hr 29min
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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