First-Time Viewing
The Pocketbook
Release Date:January 1, 1980
Running Time:13 min
Genres:Drama
Director
Cast
Top billed cast (via TMDB).
Synopsis
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)
Where to watch
US
Streaming
Criterion Channel
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