Long Train Running: A History of the Oakland Blues
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.
Long Train Running: A History of the Oakland Blues
January 1, 1981
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J.P. Phillips
Narrator
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Directing
Peter Webster
Director
Marlon Riggs
Director
Writing
Peter Webster
Writer
Marlon Riggs
Writer
Production
Peter Webster
Producer
Marlon Riggs
Producer
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Marlon Riggs
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Peter Webster
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Peter Webster
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Marlon Riggs
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