The Pocketbook

The Pocketbook

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5.5 / 10

13min / January 1, 1980

Drama
Description
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)
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UCLA School of Film and Television
UCLA School of Film and Television