The Pocketbook
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)
Genre: Drama
Director: Billy Woodberry
Actors: Al Williams, Christopher Thompson, David Jenkins, Phillip Weatherspoon, Ray Cherry, Simmi Ella Nelson