In a belated celebration of Pride Month and Juneteenth, we discuss the "Signifyin'" works of Marlon Riggs. The late gay black activist and documentarian icon's work begins in 1981 with Marlon's U.C. Berkeley thesis Long Train Running: The Story of Oakland Blues. We cover his beginnings and work up to 1992 in part one of our filmography review of Marlon Riggs.