The Back-breaking Leaf

Name: The Back-breaking Leaf
Director: Stanley Jackson
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1959-01-02
Duration: 29 min
Rating: 9.5
Cast: Stanley Jackson

January 2, 1959 0h 29m ★ 9.5 (2 votes)

Documentary

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."

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