Billy Woodberry
Director
The Pocketbook (1980)
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)
Keywords: mdblist.imdb-short, release.dvd
Watch Providers: Criterion Channel
Production Companies: UCLA School of Film and Television
Country: United States
Production Country:
United States
Languages:
English
Recommendations
Runtime: 13 min.
Released: Jan. 1, 1980
Status: Released
Certification: L / 7+