2004
Bright Leaves
Documentary
7.0
User Score
14 Votes
Status
Released
Language
en
Budget
$0
Production
Channel 4 Television, GBH, Homemade Movies
Overview
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.
