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The Pocketbook (1980)
Directed by Billy Woodberry
Drama · 13m
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)
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Billy Woodberry
- Writer
- Billy Woodberry
- Director of Photography
- Charles Burnett, Gary Gaston, Mario Da Silva
- Editor
- Billy Woodberry
- Producer
- Billy Woodberry
Details
- Release date
- 1980-01-01
- Runtime
- 13m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- UCLA School of Film and Television