The Back-breaking Leaf

Directed by Terence Macartney-Filgate
1959    29mDocumentary
10.0
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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  • Stanley JacksonCommentary
  • Terence Macartney-FilgateDirector / Director Of Photography / Sound
  • Roman KroitorProducer
  • Tom DalyExecutive Producer
  • Wolf KoenigProducer
  • Gilles GasconAssistant Director
  • John SpottonEditor
  • Vic MerrillSound
  • George CrollSound
  • Eldon RathburnMusic

 

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