Bright leaves

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McElwee family legend has it that the Hollywood melodrama Bright Leaf, starring Gary Coopper as a 19th century tobacco grower is based on filmmaker Ross McElwee's great-grandfather, who created the...

McElwee family legend has it that the Hollywood melodrama Bright Leaf, starring Gary Coopper as a 19th century tobacco grower is based on filmmaker Ross McElwee's great-grandfather, who created the Bull Durham brand. Using this legacy as a jumping off point, McElwee reaches back to this roots in this wry, witty rumination on American history, the tobacco business and the myth of cinema.

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