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.
You can stream Bright Leaves on Philo, OVID, Cineverse Amazon Channel and Kanopy.
Bright Leaves was directed by Ross McElwee.
Bright Leaves runs for 1h 48min, and was released in 2004.
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