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The Pocketbook

1980
Directed byBilly Woodberry
0h 13m

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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Ray CherryDavid JenkinsSimmi Ella Nelson
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Drama
STATUSReleased
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5.5

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