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The Pocketbook

01/01/1980

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0hr 13min

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Drama

STORY

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 & CREW

    Cast

  • Ray Cherry
  • David Jenkins
  • Simmi Ella Nelson
  • Christopher Thompson
  • Phillip Weatherspoon

    Directors

  • Billy Woodberry
  • Charles Burnett

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • UCLA School of Film and Television

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English

Cast

Ray Cherry

David Jenkins

Simmi Ella Nelson

Christopher Thompson

Phillip Weatherspoon

Al Williams

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