Saramaka Maroons footage (1928) – Melville J. Herskovits and Morton C. Kahn

Poling up the Saramaka river – Saramaka Maroons footage (1928) – Melville J. Herskovits and Morton C. Kahn

41 mins., b&w, silent, English intertitles

Source : NAFC, catalogue no: SA-77.1.4

This material has no main title, but does have some preliminary intertitles, suggesting a certain degree of editing.

It follows an expedition up the Saramaka river in 1927 or 1928, involving Melville J. Herskovits, who is seen in front of the lens, while Morton C. Kahn shot the film.

Text : Kahn 1929

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