Melting Snow
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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.
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puerto ricocolonialismwoman directorexploited immigrantswhite christmasus imperialism
