First-Time Viewing
Bright Leaves
Release Date:October 12, 2003
Running Time:108 min
Genres:Documentary
Director
Synopsis
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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US
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Philo
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Kanopy
Cineverse
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