Bright Leaves
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Bright Leaves

Bright Leaves

6.9(14 votes)
2004
1h 48m
Documentary

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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Production

Companies:
Channel 4 Television
GBH
Homemade Movies

Languages

Original:en
Spoken:
English

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