(Bright Leaves)

Content: 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.

Countries:

United Kingdom,

United States of America

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

108 minutes

Year:

2004

Directors:

Ross McElwee

Production companies:

Channel 4 Television,

GBH,

Homemade Movies

Actors:

Himself - Narrator (voice)

Crews:

Director

Director of Photography

Editor

Producer

Co-Editor