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The Back-breaking Leaf

9.5195929mMovieDocumentary

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."

DirectorTerence Macartney-Filgate
ProducersRoman Kroitor·Tom Daly

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Cast · Directed by Terence Macartney-Filgate

SJ
Stanley Jackson
Commentary

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