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.

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

108 min

Actor:

Ross McElwee , Brian Baucom , Susan Bennett

Quality:

HD

Director:

Ross McElwee

Release:

2004

Country:

United Kingdom , United States of America

IMDb:

7.0