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Season 18 Episode 10 - Bright Leaves
Bright Leaves is a 2003 documentary film by independent filmmaker Ross McElwee about the association his family had with the tobacco industry. Bright Leaf is the name of a strain of tobacco. It was also the name of a 1949 novel and 1950 feature film about a struggle between two tobacco barons. The struggle depicted in the film, according to McElwee family tradition, parallels the historical one between McElwee's great-grandfather and the patriarch of the Duke family who founded Duke University. The documentary follows McElwee's usual style, where he gives voiceovers to apparently spontaneous footage, making the story more personal.
Episodes in Season 18
Chisholm `72: Unbought & Unbossed
60 min
The Education of Shelby Knox
60 min
Big Enough
60 min
Street Fight
60 min
The Fire Next Time
60 min
The Brooklyn Connection
60 min
The Self-Made Man
60 min
In the Realms of the Unreal
60 min
Hardwood
60 min
Bright Leaves
60 min
Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance After the Holocaust
60 min
The Hobart Shakespeareans
60 min
Omar & Pete
60 min
A Thousand Words
60 min
A Song for Daniel
60 min
I Used to Be a Filmmaker
60 min
