Bright Leaves
Documentary
🎬 Critics Choice Nominee
Director
Ross McElwee
Status
Released
Release Date
2004-04-28
Storyline
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.
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