Bright Leaves
Summary:
Film diarist Ross McElwee (Sherman's March) offers another personal examination of Southern history and life with Bright Leaves, a documentary tracing his own connection to North Carolina and its tobacco industry. McElwee is drawn to the subject after meeting his second cousin John, a film memorabilia collector, who shows McElwee an old Warner Bros. film from 1950, {... Full Summary >>
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With Bright Leaves, filmmaker Ross McElwee offers an involved personal history that also functions as a sly commentary on the tobacco industry and the impact it's had on America and the world. McElwee's diary style of filmmaking has been extremely influential, opening the door for festival hits like Nathaniel Kahn's My Architect and ... Continue >>
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