The Pocketbook
movie

Released January 01, 1980
Genres:
Overview
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

Billy Woodberry
as
Director
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Mario Da Silva
as
Director of Photography

Charles Burnett
as
Director of Photography
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Gary Gaston
as
Director of Photography

Billy Woodberry
as
Producer

Billy Woodberry
as
Editor

Billy Woodberry
as
Writer
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Vera Da Silva
as
Sound

Langston Hughes
as
Original Story
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Ciro Cesar
as
Assistant Camera