Suriname 1936 Reel 4 of XX
Category: Travelogue
Length: 17:57
| Film ID | f16-0010 |
| Film Description | [Unidentified town] Suriname. Carriage. Fields. House. Uniformed man on horse. Turkeys. Windmill: brick or stone. Ruins (?) Hovels (?). Houses in town: window balconies. Fleet of row boats at dock. People, traffic. Foliage; children doing step-drill. Thatch-roofed houses on stilts, [interesting) People washing clothes in river. Old man in fez holding a parrot. Snake on ground. Trees, blossoms, flowers. Market: covered stalls. Man with bicycle. Scenes of bay. Boats. Bay-shore or river shore: view from water. Town. Rude housing. Canoes on river. "Djuka or bush Negroes descendants of runaway African slaves".[Ndyuka Maroon people] Maintain authentic African village lifestyle. "Note the blue beads." [title] Ndyuka Maroon village: woman with baby. Grass hut. People. Nursing baby. Thatched V-shaped shelter. Board and thatch house. A couple holding hands. General scenes of village life, houses |
| Video Category | Travelogue |
| Film Creator | Watson Kintner |
| Topics | Ndyuka Maroon people, Suriname, Republic of Suriname, Paramaribo, South Asian diaspora, African diaspora |