The Back-breaking Leaf
The Back-breaking Leaf

The Back-breaking Leaf

10.0(1 votes)
1959
0h 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."

Production

ONF | NFB

Cast

Stanley Jackson

Stanley Jackson

Commentary

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