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The Back-breaking Leaf

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."
Albert Ohayon

Albert Ohayon

This award-winning film was originally produced for the Candid Eye series, but when this show ended its run on the CBC it was decided to air the film on Documentary 60, the show that took over Candid Eye’s timeslot.


Extrait de la sélection : The 1950s: Television and the Move to Montreal

Niveau scolaire 7 - 12

Diversity/Pluralism / Diversity in Communities

Diversity/Pluralism / Identity

History / World History

Geography / Natural Resources

Geography / Territory: Agricultural

Description pédagogique:

Discuss the diverse world of the migrant workers who create a multicultural community during the tobacco harvest. Read John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men" or watch the film adaptation starring John Malkovich and Gary Sinise. Compare the worlds of George and Lennie and the tobacco primers in Ontario (the social order, the friendships, the challenges, etc.).


 

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  • evinrude

    evinrude

      «1968...The hardest 6 weeks I've spent...I never went back but was proud to have finished the season...C»

    12 Avr 2011
  • sh1fty

    sh1fty

      «This is incredible. I'd say about 95% of us today would pass out in the first 3 hours doing this kind of work!»

    25 Mar 2010

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