The Back-breaking Leaf

  • Rated 9.5 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 1959
  • 29m
  • Documentary

Here is a graphic picture of the tobacco harvest in southwestern Ontario. At the end of July, transient field workers move in for a brief bonanza when the plant is ripe. The tobacco harvesters call it "the back-breaking leaf."

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Director
Terence Macartney-Filgate
Starring
Stanley Jackson

Cast

  • Stanley Jackson

    Commentary

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