Bright Leaves

Bright Leaves

108 mins | Documentary | April 28, 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.

Bright Leaves

108 mins | Documentary | April 28, 2004

Bright Leaves
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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Channel 4 Television, WGBH Boston, Homemade Movies
Original title Bright Leaves
Directors Ross McElwee
Writers

Cast

Ross McElwee

as Himself - Narrator (voice)