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The Back-breaking Leaf

Movie
Audience Score
100
The Back-breaking Leaf
NR 29 minDocumentary
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."
StarringStanley Jackson
DirectorTerence Macartney-Filgate

Movie Details

Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Tom Daly
Production Companies:ONF | NFB
Movie Tags:
ontario, canadatobaccoharvestfield work