POV · SEASON 18
Bright Leaves
Episode 10 · 2005-08-23
- Documentary
Episode overview
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.
60 minutes
Season 18 episodes
1. Chisholm `72: Unbought & Unbossed2005-02-07
2. The Education of Shelby Knox2005-06-21
3. Big Enough2005-06-28
4. Street Fight2005-07-05
5. The Fire Next Time2005-07-12
6. The Brooklyn Connection2005-07-19
7. The Self-Made Man2005-07-26
8. In the Realms of the Unreal2005-08-02
9. Hardwood2005-08-16
10. Bright Leaves2005-08-23
11. Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance After the Holocaust2005-08-30
12. The Hobart Shakespeareans2005-09-06
13. Omar & Pete2005-09-13
14. A Thousand Words2005-08-16
15. A Song for Daniel2005-08-23
16. I Used to Be a Filmmaker2005-08-16
