Melting Snow

Name: Melting Snow
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2021
Duration: 8 min

2021 · 8 min

Documentary

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Two tons of snow—flown from New Hampshire to Puerto Rico in 1952 in order to “gift” Puerto Ricans a “white Christmas”—become a metaphor for the colonialist paternalism of America’s relationship to Puerto Rico.

Crew

Director Janah Elise Cox

Cast

P
Pedro Pietri
Self (archive audio) (uncredited)

Crew

Director — Janah Elise Cox

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