
Bright Leaves (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.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Ross McElwee
Actors: Alan Gurganus, Brian Baucom, Ed Bivens, Jack Clayton, Marian Fitz-Simmons, Mary Clayton, R. Bullock, Ross McElwee, Steve Herman, Susan Bennett