Melting Snow (movie)

Melting Snow (movie)

  • Production country: Puerto Rico
  • Producer: Janah Elise Cox
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release date: 4/8/2021
  • Run time: 8 min.

Movie description

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.

Actors

Pedro Pietri

Pedro Pietri

Role(s): Self (archive audio) (uncredited)

Details