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The Back-breaking Leaf (1959)
Directed by Terence Macartney-Filgate
Documentary · 29m
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."
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Terence Macartney-Filgate
- Director of Photography
- Terence Macartney-Filgate
- Editor
- John Spotton
- Producer
- Wolf Koenig, Roman Kroitor
Details
- Release date
- 1959-01-02
- Runtime
- 29m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Canada
- Production
- ONF | NFB