Tapanahoni River footage (1928) – Morton C. Kahn

Apinti drum – Tapanahoni River footage (1928) – Morton C. Kahn

54 mins., b&w, silent

Source :  NAFC, Smithsonian, catalogue no. SA-91.21.1

A well shot film by Morton C. Kahn, a medical doctor from the University of Cornell, also attached to the American Museum of Natural History. The film follows the progress of an expedition up the Tapanahoni river visiting both  Maroon and eventually Amerindian communities on the way.

Text : Kahn 1931

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