Melting Snow

IMDb 0.0 2021 • 8 min • Documentary

Director

Janah Elise Cox

Country

PR

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Pedro Pietri
Pedro Pietri Self (archive audio) (uncredited)

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