Film
The Back-breaking Leaf
1959Directed by Terence Macartney-Filgate
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- Released
- Runtime
- 29m
About The Back-breaking Leaf
- Documentary
Synopsis
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."
- Director
- Terence Macartney-Filgate
