Overview - The Back-breaking Leaf

Date of release

Genres

  • Documentary

Runtime: 29 minutes

Homepage: The Back-breaking Leaf

Budget

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Revenue

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Spoken Languages

  • English

Production companies

  • Name: ONF | NFB

    Production country Canada

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."

Cast

  • Name: Stanley Jackson

    Character: Commentary

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