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Movie, 2021

Melting Snow

8 min, Documentary, Puerto Rico

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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DirectorJanah Elise Cox
GenreDocumentary
Runtime8 min
ReleasedThu, Apr 8, 2021
CountryPuerto Rico
IMDBtt21799316

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