Film
The Pocketbook
1980Directed by Billy Woodberry
Where to watch
Stream
- Criterion Channel
- Released
- Runtime
- 13m
About The Pocketbook
- Drama
Synopsis
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)
- Director
- Billy Woodberry
- Writers
- Langston Hughes
- Billy Woodberry
