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Bright Leaves
20047108 min
Documentary
Released
Apr 28, 2004
Countries
United Kingdom, United States of America
Director
Ross McElwee
Productions
Channel 4 TelevisionGBHHomemade Movies
Ross McElwee travels through the North Carolina tobacco belt in search of the ancient southern traditions associated with tobacco growing and use, while comparing his filmmaking to commercial cinema, represented by Bright Leaf, a melodrama directed by Michael Curtiz in 1950, starring Gary Cooper, apparently based on the life of his great-grandfather.