The Back-breaking Leaf

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1959 · 29 min · Documentary · TMDB 9.5/10

Overview

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."

Directed by Terence Macartney-Filgate

Cast