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.
Teddy Sandalls can't find someone to love him. Encouraged by his roommate, Ffion Sydney-Morris, he enters the world of online dating. When Teddy finds someone, and as Ffion's relationship fails, will Teddy learn the true meaning of love?
