The Pocketbook

13m
Drama
5.4

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

Ray Cherry
Unknown
David Jenkins
Unknown
Simmi Ella Nelson
Unknown
Christopher Thompson
Unknown
Phillip Weatherspoon
Unknown
Al Williams
Unknown

Crew

Billy Woodberry
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
Charles Burnett
Director of Photography
Gary Gaston
Director of Photography
Mario Da Silva
Director of Photography
Ciro Cesar
Assistant Camera
Vera Da Silva
Sound
Langston Hughes
Original Story

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