Directed by Billy Woodberry • 1980 • United States
Starring Ray Cherry, David Jenkins, Ella “Simi” Nelson
Adapted from Langston Hughes’s classic short story “Thank You, Ma’am,” Billy Woodberry’s UCLA student film follows a young man reflecting on his life after a robbery gone wrong.
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Marseille après la guerre
Directed by Billy Woodberry • 2005 • United States
Through striking black-and-white photos, director Billy Woodberry creates a poetic portrait of the dockworkers who struggled together in Marseille after World War II and reflects on the political awakening of one of them—future “father of Africa...
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A Story from Africa
Directed by Billy Woodberry • 2019 • Portugal, United States
In this powerful archival documentary, director Billy Woodberry draws from rare early-twentieth-century photographs to shed light on the tragic history of the Portuguese colonization of Angola.
