The Pocketbook

The Pocketbook

13 mins | Drama | Jan. 1, 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)

The Pocketbook

13 mins | Drama | Jan. 1, 1980

The Pocketbook
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)
Producers UCLA School of Film and Television
Original title The Pocketbook
Directors Billy Woodberry
Writers Langston Hughes, Billy Woodberry