The Pocketbook

Name: The Pocketbook
Genre: Drama
Released: 1980
Duration: 13 min
Rating: 5.4

1980 · 13 min

Drama

★ 5.4

Criterion

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)

Crew

Director Billy Woodberry
Writer Billy Woodberry
Director of Photography Charles Burnett
Director of Photography Gary Gaston
Director of Photography Mario Da Silva

Cast

R
Ray Cherry
D
David Jenkins
S
Simmi Ella Nelson
C
Christopher Thompson
P
Phillip Weatherspoon
A
Al Williams

Crew

Director — Billy Woodberry
Writer — Billy Woodberry
Director of Photography — Charles Burnett
Director of Photography — Gary Gaston
Director of Photography — Mario Da Silva

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