The Pocketbook

Release Date: 1980-01-01

Runtime: 13

Languages: English

Rating: 5.5

Votes: 4

Genres: Drama

Director: Billy Woodberry

Description: 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...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)Read More

Production Companies:

UCLA School of Film and Television