The One with White Shanks

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Status

Released

Production

Film Unit of the Division of Community Education, Puerto Rico

Aired

1955-01-01

The One with White Shanks

The blacklisted American documentarian Willard Van Dyke filmed this tale about tobacco workers in the heart of the Puerto Rican countryside. Heeding their wives’ advice, individuals join forces in a cooperative so they can sell their crop of tobacco leaves at fair market value.