Melting Snow

Duration: 8 min
Release date: 2021-04-08
IMDB

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.

Documentary

Melting Snow

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