The Back-breaking Leaf

Year: 1959

Runtime: 29 mins

Language: English

Director: Terence Macartney-Filgate

Documentary

The image captures the grueling tobacco harvest in southwestern Ontario, where, at the end of July, seasonal laborers arrive for a short, intense period when the crops are ripe. The workers endure demanding, back‑breaking work, referring to the crop itself as “the back‑breaking leaf.”

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