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Charleen Swansea

Born May 27, 1932 · Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Died August 23, 2018 · aged 86

Charleen Swansea (1932–2018) was an American poet, teacher, and publisher from North Carolina, and a recurring subject across the films of Ross McElwee, appearing in Charleen (1978), Sherman's March (1986), Time Indefinite, Six O'Clock News, and Remake (2025). A protégée of Ezra Pound, who tutored her in translating Latin, French, and Chinese poetry while she worked with him at St. Elizabeths Hosp…

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Bright Leaves

Bright Leaves · 2004

MovieDocumentary

Ross McElwee travels through the North Carolina tobacco belt in search of the ancient southern traditions associated with tobacco growing and use, while comparing his filmmaking to commercial cinema, represented by Bright Leaf, a melodrama directed by Michael Curtiz in 1950, starring Gary Cooper, apparently based on the life of his great-grandfather.

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Bright Leaves

Bright Leaves · 2004

MovieDocumentary

Ross McElwee travels through the North Carolina tobacco belt in search of the ancient southern traditions associated with tobacco growing and use, while comparing his filmmaking to commercial cinema, represented by Bright Leaf, a melodrama directed by Michael Curtiz in 1950, starring Gary Cooper, apparently based on the life of his great-grandfather.