Long Train Running: A History of the Oakland BluesMovie
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.
About Long Train Running: A History of the Oakland Blues
Long Train Running: A History of the Oakland Blues is a 1981 documentary movie directed by Peter Webster, Marlon Riggs.
The production information lists a runtime of 29m, production credits from United States of America, an original language code of EN.
The credited cast includes J.P. Phillips. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
