Melting Snow

Name: Melting Snow
Director: Janah Elise Cox
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2021-04-08
Duration: 8 min
Cast: Pedro Pietri

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Directed by Janah Elise Cox

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.

puerto ricocolonialismwoman directorexploited immigrantswhite christmasus imperialism

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Pedro Pietri

Self (archive audio) (uncredited)

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