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Summary
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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Cast
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- Directed by
- Ross McElwee
- Written by
- Ross McElwee
- Produced by
- Ross McElwee
- Music by
- Richard Bock
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Facts
April 28, 2004 · 1 h 48 min · Documentary
- Released
- April 28, 2004
- Runtime
- 1 h 48 min
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- English
- Made in
- United Kingdom, United States
- Available in
- 3 countries