35mm, 105 minutes.  

bright leaves 2003


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


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