The Pocketbook 1980
5.5/10 by 4 users
In the course of a botched purse-snatching, a boy comes to question the path of his life. Billy Woodberry’s second film, and first completed in 16mm, adapts Langston Hughes’ short story, Thank You, Ma’am, and features music by Leadbelly, Thelonious Monk and Miles Davis. (Ross Lipman)
- Released: 1980-01-01
- Runtime: 13 minutes
- Genre: Drama
- Stars: Ray Cherry, David Jenkins, Simmi Ella Nelson, Christopher Thompson, Phillip Weatherspoon
- Director: Billy Woodberry, Mario Da Silva, Charles Burnett, Gary Gaston, Billy Woodberry
