The Back-breaking Leaf

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

HDIMDB: 9.5

The Back-breaking Leaf (1959) is a documentary directed by Terence Macartney-Filgate rated 9.5/10.

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."

Released: 1959-01-02

Duration: 0h 29m

Genre: Documentary

Country: Canada

Director: Terence Macartney-Filgate

Cast: Stanley Jackson

Production: ONF | NFB