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Long Train Running: A History of the Oakland Blues mediadocumentary

Original title: Long Train Running: A History of the Oakland Blues
Year: 1981
Running time: 29 min.
Country: United States
Director: Marlon Riggs, Peter Webster
Screenwriter: Marlon Riggs, Peter Webster
Cast: Documentary
Cinematography: Marlon Riggs, Peter Webster
Genre: Documentary | Half-length Film
Synopsis: 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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Long Train Running: A History of the Oakland Blues

1981

Marlon Riggs, Peter Webster