Apr 28, 2004
108 min
Full-HD

Bright Leaves (2004)

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.

Category

Documentary

Country

United Kingdom United States of America

Companies

Channel 4 Television GBH Homemade Movies

Ross McElwee

Himself - Narrator (voice)

Brian Baucom

Susan Bennett

Ed Bivens

R. Bullock

Jack Clayton

Mary Clayton

Marian Fitz-Simmons

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