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Melting Snow

2021Directed by Janah Elise Cox

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Released: April 8, 2021
Runtime: 8m

About Melting Snow

Documentary

Synopsis

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.

Director: Janah Elise Cox

Principal cast

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Pedro PietriSelf (archive audio) (uncredited)

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