Flixtheatre

The Pocketbook

1980 13 min 5.5

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)

Details

Status: Released
Release Date: 1980-01-01
Production: UCLA School of Film and Television