Bright Leaves (2003)

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Directed by

Ross McElwee

Starring

Allan Gurganus
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Ross McElwee
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Written by

Ross McElwee
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Description: What legacy is passed down to generations when a family is a giant tobacco producer? Filmmaker Ross McElwee (Sherman's March, Time Indefinite — P.O.V. 1994), whose great-grandfather created the famous Bull Durham brand in his native North Carolina, takes viewers on an autobiographical journey across that state's social, economic and psychological tobacco terrain. Wise and wry, this meditation on the allure of cigarettes looks at loss and preservation, addiction and denial. Bright Leaves also examines filmmaking itself, as McElwee grapples with home movies, a vintage Hollywood melodrama and his own efforts to document North Car ... (more)

Release date: 28 April 2004
UPC: 720229911610