CANDID EYE (1958-1960): The Back-breaking Leaf

director: Terence Macartney-Filgate

original title: CANDID EYE (1958-1960): The Back-breaking Leaf

country: Canada

year: 1959

running time: 29 min.

synopsis

A short film from the TV documentary series The Candid Eye, which was quite innovative content-wise and intended to show a new way of filming. The goal in this particular case was to visually and aurally capture the numbing drudgery of seasonal tobacco pickers. Despite this, at some moments the direction took on a certain aesthetic aspect.

biography

Terence Macartney-Filgate (1924), originally from England, contributed to the cinéma vérité movement with his work on The Candid Eye, for which he made seven films. In the 1960s he left Canada and continued his work in the USA.

more about film

director:	Terence Macartney-Filgate
producer:	Roman Kroitor, Wolf Koenig
photography:	Terence Macartney-Filgate
editing:	John Spotton
music:	Eldon Rathburn
sound:	Victor Merrill, George Croll, Terence Macartney-Filgate

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