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The Back-breaking Leaf

1959 · 29 min

Documentary

★ 9.5
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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."

Crew

  • Director Terence Macartney-Filgate
  • Director of Photography Terence Macartney-Filgate

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