Ross McElwee                   
      






35mm, 105 minutes.  
bright leaves 2003
 An exploration of legacy — a particularly complicated topic when the legacy is Southern and is tied both to tobacco and a 1950 Hollywood melodrama starring Gary Cooper.

Premiered Cannes Film Festival,
Directors’ Fortnight

Produced, directed, and narrated
by Ross McElwee


“One of the ten best films of the year.”
—Stephen Holden, New York Times