Social Issues and the Economy
National Film Board documentaries reflect upon incidents from Canada’s past and show political history as it happens.
Excerpts
The Back-breaking Leaf
1
Billy Crane Moves Away
1
2
Camera On Labour no. 4
1
Citizen Discussions
1
Home Front
1
2
Newfoundland Sentinel of the Atlantic
1
Strike in Town
1
Questions
1. The excerpt begins with a young boy riding off on his horse. Why has the film editor placed that scene before the introduction of the pickers?
2. How does the camera technique contribute to the film's treatment of transient labour and the hard work of tobacco picking?
2. How does the camera technique contribute to the film's treatment of transient labour and the hard work of tobacco picking?
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Short Description
A graphic picture of the tobacco harvest in southwestern Ontario, from the points of view of the field workers who move in when the leaves are ripe, and of the farmers who depend on the crop.