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Feature film — 1959
The Back-breaking Leaf (1959)
9.50h 29mDocumentary
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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A high-signal pick with 2 votes.
ONF | NFB
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Director: Terence Macartney-Filgate
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Stanley Jackson
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