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DecentGoodWatch scoreSummary
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)
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Comfort watch
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Audiences 70GoodWatch 62
IMDb7.0
Reach
Streams in 2 countries
Released
1980
January 1, 1980
46 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Directing · 1
- Billy Woodberry Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
Writing · 1
- Langston Hughes Original Story
Camera · 4
- Charles Burnett Director of Photography
- Mario Da Silva Director of Photography
- Gary Gaston Director of Photography
- Ciro Cesar Assistant Camera
Sound · 1
- Vera Da Silva Sound
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