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The Pocketbook (1980)

The Pocketbook (1980)

Drama
Release Date: 1980, January 1
Directors: Billy Woodberry
Countries: United States of America
Production: UCLA School of Film and Television, UCLA School of Film and Television

Overview:

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)