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POV•Season 18•Episode 10

Bright Leaves

Aug 23, 200560 min

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

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Chisholm `72: Unbought & Unbossed

The Education of Shelby Knox

Big Enough

Street Fight

The Fire Next Time

The Brooklyn Connection

The Self-Made Man

In the Realms of the Unreal

Hardwood

Bright Leaves

Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance After the Holocaust

The Hobart Shakespeareans

Omar & Pete

A Thousand Words

A Song for Daniel

I Used to Be a Filmmaker

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Episode Summary

"Bright Leaves" is episode 10 of POV season 18. It aired on August 23, 2005.

Next: E11 · Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance After the Holocaust Best of Season 18