Melting Snow

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Melting Snow (2021)

Directed by Janah Elise Cox

Documentary · 8m

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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Cast

Crew

Director
Janah Elise Cox
Editor
Janah Elise Cox
Producer
Allison Ferner, Sue Ariza, Janah Elise Cox

Details

Release date
2021-04-08
Runtime
8m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English, Spanish
Countries
Puerto Rico