The Pocketbook (1980)
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)
Cast
Recommendations
Return
I Believe in Unicorns
Honeydripper
Hungry Hearts
All Together Now
Too Late Blues
Gasman
Detour
The Bridge Part 2
Won't Back Down
The Truth About Emanuel
The Christmas Shoes
A Corner in Wheat
The Browning Version
The Browning Version
Take the Lead
Lady Driver
Reading Lolita in Tehran
Shadows
The Black Pirate