The Back-breaking Leaf

29m
Documentary
10

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

Stanley Jackson
Commentary

Crew

Terence Macartney-Filgate
Director, Director of Photography, Sound
John Spotton
Editor
Gilles Gascon
Assistant Director
Tom Daly
Executive Producer
Roman Kroitor
Producer
Wolf Koenig
Producer
Vic Merrill
Sound
George Croll
Sound
Eldon Rathburn
Music

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